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Abstract
Study objectives: The brains of preterm infants exhibit altered functional connectivity (FC) networks, but the potential variation in sleep states and the impact of breathing patterns on FC networks are unclear. This study explores the evolution of resting-state FC from preterm to term, focusing on breathing patterns and distinguishing between active sleep and quiet sleep.
Methods: We recruited 63 preterm infants and 44 healthy-term infants and performed simultaneous electroencephalography and functional near-infrared spectroscopy. FC was calculated using oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin signals across eight channels. First, FC was compared between periodic breathing (PB) and non-PB segments. Then sleep state-dependent FC development was explored. FC was compared between active sleep and quiet sleep segments and between preterm infants at term and term-born infants in each sleep state. Finally, associations between FC at term, clinical characteristics, and neurodevelopmental outcomes in late infancy were assessed in preterm infants.
Results: In total, 148 records from preterm infants and 44 from term-born infants were analyzed. PB inflated FC values. After excluding PB segments, FC was found to be elevated during active sleep compared to quiet sleep, particularly in connections involving occipital regions. Preterm infants had significantly higher FC in both sleep states compared to term-born infants. Furthermore, stronger FC in specific connections during active sleep at term was associated with unfavorable neurodevelopment in preterm infants.
Conclusions: Sleep states play a critical role in FC development and preterm infants show observable changes in FC.
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