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Abstract
There is increasing interest in the utility of electrophysiological measures such as resting EEG and evoked potential (EPs) to serve as biomarkers to facilitate therapeutic development for rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). Research on this topic thus far has been encouraging, but has also revealed the necessity for unique methods when acquiring EEG and EPs in children with genetic NDDs. Details of these methods are typically beyond the scope of research publications, yet are crucial to the quality and ultimately, usability of the data. In the current manuscript, we detail the methods that we have developed for acquiring EEG and EPs as part of multi-site studies with participants with Rett syndrome, CDKL5 deficiency disorder, MECP2 duplication syndrome, and FOXG1 syndrome. By making our methods accessible, we hope to support other groups interested in acquiring EEG and/or EPs as part of clinical trials or research studies with individuals with genetic NDDs, including groups without prior experience with EEG/EP acquisition. The paper is presented as step-by-step procedures followed by a discussion of issues that may arise during acquisition and ways to troubleshoot these issues. We then discuss considerations for choosing EEG equipment and study paradigms and briefly, considerations for data analysis.
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Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research that synthesizes multiple facets of brain structure and function, to better understand how multiple diverse functions are integrated to produce complex behaviors. Led by an outstanding Editorial Board of international experts, this multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians and the public worldwide.
Our goal is to publish research related to furthering the understanding of the integrative mechanisms underlying brain functioning across one or more interacting levels of neural organization. In most real life experiences, sensory inputs from several modalities converge and interact in a manner that influences perception and actions generating purposeful and social behaviors. The journal is therefore focused on the primary questions of how multiple sensory, cognitive and emotional processes merge to produce coordinated complex behavior. It is questions such as this that cannot be answered at a single level – an ion channel, a neuron or a synapse – that we wish to focus on. In Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience we welcome in vitro or in vivo investigations across the molecular, cellular, and systems and behavioral level. Research in any species and at any stage of development and aging that are focused at understanding integration mechanisms underlying emergent properties of the brain and behavior are welcome.