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Neurophysiological Markers of Abnormal Development in Children with Mental Disorders

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Longitudinal analysis of the spectral power of the main EEG bands was performed in the wakeful state with the eyes open and the eyes closed in children with mental disorders at various stages of correction by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). A significant increase in the power of α-rhythm in the parietal-occipital areas and a significant decrease in the slow wave activity in the left frontotemporal areas were observed in the course of the correction process. The data obtained can be considered as the neurophysiological markers of the tDCS effects (formation of age-related EEG parameters in children with mental disorders). The data also prove the relations between the described phenomena and the cortical mechanisms of speech disorders and other psychic processes caused by perinatal CNS disorders.

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Original Russian Text © N.Yu. Kozhushko, S.A. Evdokimov, Yu.K. Matveev, 2018, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2018, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 96–102.

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Kozhushko, N.Y., Evdokimov, S.A. & Matveev, Y.K. Neurophysiological Markers of Abnormal Development in Children with Mental Disorders. Hum Physiol 44, 202–207 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119718020111

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