Ratio of total slow and super slow cerebral bioelectrical activity in children with hypoxia

The aim of the study is to identify changes in the total slow and super slow bioelectric activity of the cerebral hemispheres in 8-11-year-old children under reduced oxygen partial pressure in the inhaled air and in norm. Materials and Methods. The authors examined 82 8-11-year-old children. EEG registration was carried out on a complex Russian device "Telepat-103" with computer processing of the results. Slow potentials were recorded using a special computer complex for studying constant potential level (CPL) and cerebral energy consumption "Neuroenergon". Hypoxia was created by a special medical device "Hypoxicator" (Trade Medical). The choice of the oxygen content in the test hypoxic mixture (14 % O2) was based on the results of a three-stage hypoxic test carried out before the complex examination. Results. Hypoxia increases the index and amplitude of delta oscillations and decreases the number of alpha waves in 8-11-year-old children. The results obtained indicate that it is more important to provide the brain with a sufficient amount of oxygen corresponding to its needs than simply to increase the brain blood supply during hypoxia. The study also indicates the contribution of the body's sensitivity to hypoxic response. Under hypoxia, an increase in the constant potential level in the studied brain areas is observed in 8-11-year-old children. An increase in electrical activity during normobaric hypoxia is noted at low baseline values of constant potential level. An increase in the slow electrical brain activity occurs due to the change of brain energy supply according to the biochemical indicators of energy metabolism. Short-term hypoxia is accompanied by a simultaneous increase in slow-wave activity due to delta activity and CPL in 8-11-year-old children. Conclusion. Thus, we can say that a picture of functional brain activity with simultaneous inhibitory phenomena in the cortex is formed. It may reflect the development of a special state of the central nervous system.