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Twitching in sleeping premature infants provides a sensitive behavioral assay of early motor control.

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Authors: Greta Sokoloff1,2, Taylor G. Christiansen1, Hailey C. Long1, Lydia K. Karr1, Olivia K. Kopp1, Delaney N. Kriz1, Anna C. Sanderson1, Winni Liu1, Isabel K. Johnson1, Brenda J. Coulter3, Danielle R. Rios3, Tarah T. Colaizy3, Mark S. Blumberg1,2
ORCID iDs: Mark S. Blumberg
  1. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, 340 Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
  2. Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
  3. Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Institutions: University of Iowa (United States)
Journal: iScience, volume 29, issue 6, article 115878
Dates: received 15 January 2026; accepted 21 April 2026; published online 24 April 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115878 · PMID 42205698 · PMCID PMC13206651 · OpenAlex W7155503698
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: code verified
Categories: behavior only (modality), human (organism), developmental (subfield)
Methods: Connectivity, Statistics
Keywords: biological sciences
Topic: Infant Development and Preterm Care (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Medicine), according to OpenAlex
Funding: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01-HD104616)
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 97 references in the paper
Research resources: Spike2 Software, version 8 RRID:SCR_000903, MATLAB, version 2023b RRID:SCR_001622, Net Station EEG software, version 5.5 RRID:SCR_002453, SPSS 30 RRID:SCR_002865, Datavyu RRID:SCR_003587, Adobe Illustrator 2024 RRID:SCR_010279, Databrary RRID:SCR_010471, JMP RRID:SCR_014242, Adobe Premiere Pro RRID:SCR_021315, PermutMatrix RRID:SCR_026979

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Sokoloff, G., Christiansen, T. G., Long, H. C., Karr, L. K., Kopp, O. K., Kriz, D. N., Sanderson, A. C., Liu, W., Johnson, I. K., Coulter, B. J., Rios, D. R., Colaizy, T. T., & Blumberg, M. S. (2026). Twitching in sleeping premature infants provides a sensitive behavioral assay of early motor control. iScience, 29(6), 115878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115878

BibTeX

@article{sokoloff2026twitching,
author = {Sokoloff, Greta and Christiansen, Taylor G. and Long, Hailey C. and Karr, Lydia K. and Kopp, Olivia K. and Kriz, Delaney N. and Sanderson, Anna C. and Liu, Winni and Johnson, Isabel K. and Coulter, Brenda J. and Rios, Danielle R. and Colaizy, Tarah T. and Blumberg, Mark S.},
title = {{Twitching in sleeping premature infants provides a sensitive behavioral assay of early motor control}},
journal = {iScience},
year = {2026},
month = apr,
volume = {29},
number = {6},
pages = {115878},
publisher = {Elsevier},
issn = {2589-0042},
doi = {10.1016/j.isci.2026.115878},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115878},
pmid = {42205698},
pmcid = {PMC13206651}
}

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AU - Sanderson, Anna C.
AU - Liu, Winni
AU - Johnson, Isabel K.
AU - Coulter, Brenda J.
AU - Rios, Danielle R.
AU - Colaizy, Tarah T.
AU - Blumberg, Mark S.
TI - Twitching in sleeping premature infants provides a sensitive behavioral assay of early motor control
T2 - iScience
J2 - iScience
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/04/24
VL - 29
IS - 6
SP - 115878
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PB - Elsevier
DO - 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115878
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115878
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