Hemispheric lateralization of the EEG during wakefulness and REM sleep in young healthy adults |
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Authors: | Bolduc Christianne Daoust Anne-Marie Limoges Elyse Braun Claude M J Godbout Roger |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire du sommeil, Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin, H?pital Rivière-des-Prairies, Canada. |
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Abstract: | EEG recordings confirm hemispheric lateralization of brain activity during cognitive tasks. The aim of the present study was to investigate spontaneous EEG lateralization under two conditions, waking and REM sleep. Bilateral monopolar EEG was recorded in eight participants using a 12-electrode montage, before the night (5 min eyes closed) and during REM sleep. Spectral analysis (0.75-19.75 Hz) revealed left prefrontal lateralization on total spectrum amplitude power and right occipital lateralization in Delta activity during waking. In contrast, during REM sleep, right frontal lateralization in Theta and Beta activities and right lateralization in occipital Delta activity was observed. These results suggest that spontaneous EEG activities generated during waking and REM sleep are supported in part by a common thalamo-cortical neural network (right occipital Delta dominance) while additional, possibly neuro-cognitive factors modulate waking left prefrontal dominance and REM sleep right frontal dominance. |
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