Nonlinear aspects of the EEG during sleep in children

Authors

Matthew J. Berryman, University of WollongongFollow
Scott W. Coussens, University of Adelaide
Yvonne Pamula, Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital
Declan Kennedy, Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital
Kurt Lushington, University of South Australia
Cosma Shalizi, University of Michigan
Andrew Allison, University of Adelaide
A James Martin, Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital
David Saint, University of Adelaide
Derek Abbott, University of AdelaideFollow

RIS ID

42132

Publication Details

Berryman, M. J., Coussens, S. W., Pamula, Y., Kennedy, D., Lushington, K., Shalizi, C., Allison, A., Martin, A. James., Saint, D. & Abbott, D. (2005). Nonlinear aspects of the EEG during sleep in children. Fluctuations and Noise in Biological, Biophysical, and Biomedical Systems (pp. 40-48).

Abstract

Electroencephalograph (EEG) analysis enables the dynamic behavior of the brain to be examined. If the behavior is nonlinear then nonlinear tools can be used to glean information on brain behavior, and aid in the diagnosis of sleep abnormalities such as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). In this paper the sleep EEGs of a set of normal children and children with mild OSAS are evaluated for nonlinear brain behaviour. We found that there were differences in the nonlinearity of the brain behaviour between different sleep stages, and between the two groups of children.