A closed-loop auditory stimulation approach selectively modulates alpha oscillations and sleep onset dynamics in humans.

Autor: Henry Hebron, Beatrice Lugli, Radost Dimitrova, Valeria Jaramillo, Lisa R Yeh, Edward Rhodes, Nir Grossman, Derk-Jan Dijk, Ines R Violante
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: PLoS Biology, Vol 22, Iss 6, p e3002651 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1544-9173
1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002651
Popis: Alpha oscillations play a vital role in managing the brain's resources, inhibiting neural activity as a function of their phase and amplitude, and are changed in many brain disorders. Developing minimally invasive tools to modulate alpha activity and identifying the parameters that determine its response to exogenous modulators is essential for the implementation of focussed interventions. We introduce Alpha Closed-Loop Auditory Stimulation (αCLAS) as an EEG-based method to modulate and investigate these brain rhythms in humans with specificity and selectivity, using targeted auditory stimulation. Across a series of independent experiments, we demonstrate that αCLAS alters alpha power, frequency, and connectivity in a phase, amplitude, and topography-dependent manner. Using single-pulse-αCLAS, we show that the effects of auditory stimuli on alpha oscillations can be explained within the theoretical framework of oscillator theory and a phase-reset mechanism. Finally, we demonstrate the functional relevance of our approach by showing that αCLAS can interfere with sleep onset dynamics in a phase-dependent manner.
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