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Reduced centro-parietal NREM delta power and elevated antero-frontal NREM and REM gamma powers are potential sleep markers of PTSD requiring independent validation.
Can high-density EEG markers during sleep objectively identify PTSD?
Can high-density EEG markers during sleep objectively identify PTSD?
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Specific high-density EEG markers during sleep, such as reduced NREM delta power and elevated gamma powers, may offer new objective targets for PTSD diagnostics and interventions.
The reduced centro-parietal NREM delta power, indicating reduced sleep depth, and the elevated antero-frontal NREM and REM gamma powers, indicating heightened central arousal, are potential objective sleep markers of PTSD. If independently validated, these putative EEG markers may offer new targets for the development of sleep-specific PTSD diagnostics and interventions.
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