Somatosensory evoked fields and cognitive functioning in healthy aging

Nuorten (n=17, iän vaihteluväli 20-27) ja ikääntyvien (n=15, iän vaihteluväli 65-75) aivovasteita sähköisten ärsykkeiden sijaintimuutoksiin mitattiin aivomagneettikäyrällä (MEG) aktiivisessa ja passiivisessa tutkimusasetelmassa. Myöhemmin osallistujat suorittivat sarjan neurokognitiivisia testejä. A...

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Main Authors: Heikura, Emma, Lilja, Margareetta
Other Authors: Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Psykologian laitos, Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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description Nuorten (n=17, iän vaihteluväli 20-27) ja ikääntyvien (n=15, iän vaihteluväli 65-75) aivovasteita sähköisten ärsykkeiden sijaintimuutoksiin mitattiin aivomagneettikäyrällä (MEG) aktiivisessa ja passiivisessa tutkimusasetelmassa. Myöhemmin osallistujat suorittivat sarjan neurokognitiivisia testejä. Aikaisen latenssin aistiärsykkeiden suodattamiseen liittyvien aivovasteiden amplitudeja (M50 ja M100) ja eroavuuden havaitsemiseen, ärsykkeisiin orientoitumiseen ja kohteiden tunnistamiseen liittyviä myöhempiä aivovasteita (MMR, M200 ja M300) analysoitiin ja vertailtiin ikäryhmien välillä. M100 amplitudissa oli havaittavissa merkittävää vaimentumista standardiärsykkeiden kohdalla nuorten aikuisten ryhmässä. Ikääntyvien aikuisten ryhmässä vaimentumista ei tapahtunut aistiärsykkeiden suodattamisen kapasiteetissa tapahtuvien ikääntymismuutosten vuoksi. Neurokognitiivisissa testeissä suoriutumisen riippuvuutta M50 ja M100 vasteiden amplitudeista ja latensseista tarkasteltiin Pearsonin korrelaatiokertoimella. Merkitsevät korrelaatiot antavat tentatiivista tukea prosessointinopeuden ja eksekutiivisen kontrollin sekä M100 amplitudin ja työmuistikapasiteetin välisestä yhteydestä nuorilla aikuisilla. MMR ja M300 komponenttien amplitudit olivat pienempiä ikääntyvillä aikuisilla passiivisessa tutkimusasetelmassa, mikä vahvistaa käsitystä eroavuuden havaitsemisessa tapahtuvasta ikääntymiseen liittyvästä heikentymisestä. Merkittäviä eroja aktiivisen tutkimusasetelman M200 tai M300 vasteissa ei ollut havaittavissa ryhmien välillä. Mahdollinen selitys havainnoille on, että aktiivinen tarkkaavuus voi kompensoida ikääntymismuutoksia kognitiivisissa kyvyissä. Korrelaatiot MMR, M200 ja M300 vasteiden ja kognitiivisten testien välillä osoittivat yhteyden eroavuuden havaitsemisen ja työmuistikapasiteetin sekä eroavuuden havaitsemisen ja eksekutiivisen kontrollin välillä nuorten aikuisten ryhmässä. Heikentyvä aistiärsykkeiden suodattamisen ja muutoksenhavaitsemisen kyky kuuluu terveeseen ikääntymiseen ja on havaittavissa somatosensoristen ärsykkeiden aikaansaamissa aivovasteissa ennen kuin ikääntymismuutokset ovat havaittavissa käytöksen tasolla. Aktiivinen tarkkaavuus kompensoi ikääntymiseen liittyvää heikentymistä kognitiivisissa toiminnoissa. The present study recorded somatosensory evoked fields (SEFs) with magnetoencephalography (MEG) to changes in location of electrical pulses of young (n=17, age range 20-27) and older (n=15, age range 65-75) adults. The participants were presented with rapid changes in stimulus location to which they were instructed to either attend or not attend to. They subsequently completed a series of cognitive tests. SEF components associated with sensory gating (M50 and M100) and change detection, stimulus orientation and target recognition (MMR, M200, M300) were analyzed and compared between groups. A significant attenuation in M100 amplitude was observed in response to the standard stimulus for young adults but not for older adults owing to age-related weakening of sensory gating. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to measure the correlation between the amplitudes and latencies of M50 and M100 and performance in neuropsychological tests in both groups. A correlation between early measures of processing speed and executive control and an association between M100 amplitude and working sensory memory for young adults was obtained. MMR and M300 amplitudes were attenuated in the older adults group but not among young adults suggesting weakening change detection and target recognition capacity in aging. No significant differences in the attended M200 or M300 were observable between groups perhaps due to the compensatory role of active aging in age-related cognitive decline. Correlations between MMR, M200 and M300 responses and performance in neuropsychological tests suggested a connection between active change detection and working memory performance and passive change detection and executive control but only for young adults. Healthy aging appears to be accompanied by weakening sensory gating and change detection capacity which may be observable using somatosensory evoked fields before age-related cognitive decline becomes apparent behaviorally. Active attention may compensate for age-related weakening in cognitive capacity.
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title Somatosensory evoked fields and cognitive functioning in healthy aging
title_full Somatosensory evoked fields and cognitive functioning in healthy aging
title_fullStr Somatosensory evoked fields and cognitive functioning in healthy aging Somatosensory evoked fields and cognitive functioning in healthy aging
title_full_unstemmed Somatosensory evoked fields and cognitive functioning in healthy aging Somatosensory evoked fields and cognitive functioning in healthy aging
title_short Somatosensory evoked fields and cognitive functioning in healthy aging
title_sort somatosensory evoked fields and cognitive functioning in healthy aging
title_txtP Somatosensory evoked fields and cognitive functioning in healthy aging
topic aging healthy aging aging brain somatosensory evoked fields MMR Psykologia Psychology 202 ikääntyminen muutokset kognitiiviset taidot tarkkaavaisuus havaitseminen muisti MEG
topic_facet 202 MEG MMR Psychology Psykologia aging aging brain havaitseminen healthy aging ikääntyminen kognitiiviset taidot muisti muutokset somatosensory evoked fields tarkkaavaisuus
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