- Title
- EEG as a measure of developmental changes in the chicken brain
- Creator
- Hunter, Mick; Battilana, Mellissa; Bragg, Tracey Bragg; Rostas, John A. P.
- Relation
- Developmental Psychobiology Vol. 36, Issue 1, p. 23-28
- Relation
- http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/68502595/abstract
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2000
- Description
- Scalp-applied recording electrodes were used to monitor changes in basal EEG patterns in chickens during posthatch development. Frequency spectra produced by Fast Fourier Transform show a biphasic morphology in all chickens with one peak at about 6 Hz and another at 26 Hz. Changes in the lower frequency band show progressive development and provide a possible index of brain development. Both amplitude and dominant frequency of the spectra decrease between Weeks 3 and 8 posthatch, reaching adult levels between Weeks 5 and 7. These results suggest that modifications of basal EEG reflect the widespread functional changes in neuronal circuits occurring in chicken during the synapse maturation period between 3 and 8 weeks' posthatch.
- Subject
- electroencephalography; EEG; brain development; brain maturation; chicken; spectral analysis
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/31827
- Identifier
- uon:2833
- Identifier
- ISSN:0012-1630
- Language
- eng
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