Wilbanks, HW;
Von Mohr Ballina, M;
Potenza, MNP;
Mayes, LM;
Rutherford, HR;
(2016)
Tobacco Smoking And The Resting Maternal Brain: A Preliminary Study Of Frontal EEG.
Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
, 89
(2)
pp. 115-122.
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Abstract
Tobacco smoking has been attributed to a wide range of detrimental health consequences for both women and their children. In addition to its known physical health effects, smoking may also impact maternal neural responses and subsequent caregiving behavior. To begin investigating this issue, we employed electroencephalography (EEG) to examine resting neural oscillations of tobacco-smoking mothers (n = 35) and non-smoking mothers (n = 35). We examined seven EEG frequency bands recorded from frontal electrode sites (delta, theta, alpha, alpha1, alpha2, beta, and gamma). While no between-group differences were present in high-frequency bands (alpha2, beta, gamma), smokers showed greater spectral power in low-frequency bands (delta, theta, alpha, alpha1) compared to non-smokers. This increased power in low-frequency bands of tobacco-smoking mothers is consistent with a less aroused state and may be one mechanism through which smoking might affect the maternal brain and caregiving behavior.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Tobacco Smoking And The Resting Maternal Brain: A Preliminary Study Of Frontal EEG |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC49188... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any digital medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way. |
| Keywords: | Tobacco smoking; electroencephalography; motherhood |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1574576 |
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