Coralie Rouge

Université Libre de Bruxelles

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Charline Urbain

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Vincent Wens

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Sophie Galer

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Romain Raffoul

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Simon Baijot

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Anna Peiffer

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Dorine Van Dyck

Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital

Pauline Dontaine

Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital

Soleane Gander

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Alec Aeby

Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital

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Université Libre de Bruxelles

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Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital

University of Nottingham

Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab

Neurology, Inc

Neuroscience Institute

Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

Aalto University

Institut du Cerveau

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How the Spreading and Intensity of Interictal Epileptic Activity Are Associated with Visuo-Spatial Skills in Children with Self-Limited Focal Epilepsy with Centro-Temporal Spikes

Brain Sciences (2023)

Pauline Dontaine Coralie Rouge Charline Urbain Sophie Galer Romain Raffoul

This paper investigates brain-behaviour associations between interictal epileptic discharges and cognitive performance in a population of children with self-limited focal epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes (SeLECTS). Sixteen patients with SeLECTS underwent an extensive neuropsychological assessment, including verbal short-term and episodic memory, non-verbal short-term memory, attentional abilities and executive function. Two quantitative EEG indices were analysed, i.e., the Spike Wave Index (SWI) and the Spike Wave Frequency (SWF), and one qualitative EEG index, i.e., the EEG score, was used to evaluate the spreading of focal SW to other parts of the brain. We investigated associations between EEG indices and neuropsychological performance with non-parametric Spearman correlation analyses, including correction for multiple comparisons. The results showed a significant negative correlation between (i) the awake EEG score and the Block Tapping Test, a visuo-spatial short-term memory task, and (ii) the sleep SWI and the Tower of London, a visuo-spatial planning task (pcorr < 0.05). These findings suggest that, in addition to the usual quantitative EEG indices, the EEG analysis should include the qualitative EEG score evaluating the spreading of focal SW to other parts of the brain and that neuropsychological assessment should include visuo-spatial skills.

Quantitative electroencephalography

10.3390/brainsci13111566

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Association between theta-band resting-state functional connectivity and declarative memory abilities in children

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Soleane Gander Coralie Rouge Anna Peiffer Vincent Wens Xavier De Tiège

Declarative memory formation critically relies on the synchronization of brain oscillations in the theta (4-8 Hz) frequency band within specific brain networks. The development of this capacity is closely linked to the functional organization of these networks already at rest. However, the relationship between theta-band resting-state functional connectivity and declarative memory abilities remains unexplored in children. Here, using magnetoencephalography, we examined the association between declarative memory performance and pre-learning resting-state functional connectivity across frequency bands in 32 school-aged children. Declarative memory was assessed as the percentage of correct retrieval of 50 new associations between non-objects and magical functions, while resting-state functional connectivity was measured through power envelope correlation of the theta, alpha, low and high beta frequency bands. We found that stronger theta-band resting-state functional connectivity within occipito-temporo-frontal networks correlated with better declarative memory retrieval, while no correlation was observed in the alpha and beta frequency bands. These findings suggest that the functional brain architecture at rest, specifically involving theta-band oscillations, supports declarative memory in children. This mechanism may facilitate the subsequent rapid transformation of sensory input into visuo-semantic representations, highlighting the critical role of theta-band connectivity in early cognitive development.

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Declarative memory

10.1101/2025.01.10.632362

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