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Hudson MR, Jones NC. Deciphering the code: Identifying true gamma neural oscillations. Exp Neurol 2022; 357:114205. [PMID: 35985554 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.114205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Neural oscillatory activity occurring in the gamma frequency range (30-80 Hz) has been proposed to play essential roles in sensory and cognitive processing. Supporting this, abnormalities in gamma oscillations have been reported in patients with diverse neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders in which cognitive impairment is prominent. Understanding the mechanisms underpinning this relationship is the focus of extensive research. But while an increasing number of studies are investigating the intricate relationship between gamma oscillations and cognition, interpretation and generalisation of these studies is limited by the diverse, and at times questionable, methodologies used to analyse oscillatory activity. For example, a variety of different types of gamma oscillatory activity have been characterised, but all are generalised non-specifically as 'gamma oscillations'. This creates confusion, since distinct cellular and network mechanisms are likely responsible for generating these different types of rhythm. Moreover, in some instances, certain analytical measures of electrophysiological data are overinterpreted, with researchers pushing the boundaries of what would be considered rhythmic or oscillatory in nature. Here, we provide clarity on these issues, firstly presenting an overview of the different measures of gamma oscillatory activity, and describing common signal processing techniques used for analysis. Limitations of these techniques are discussed, and recommendations made on how future studies should optimise analyses, presentation and interpretation of gamma frequency oscillations. This is an essential progression in order to harmonise future studies, allowing us to gain a clearer understanding of the role of gamma oscillations in cognition, and in cognitive disorders.
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- Matthew R Hudson
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia; Department of Neurology, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3004, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital), University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
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Zhu J, Chen M, Lu J, Zhao K, Cui E, Zhang Z, Wan H. A Fast and Efficient Ensemble Transfer Entropy and Applications in Neural Signals. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 24:1118. [PMID: 36010782 PMCID: PMC9407540 DOI: 10.3390/e24081118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The ensemble transfer entropy (TEensemble) refers to the transfer entropy estimated from an ensemble of realizations. Due to its time-resolved analysis, it is adapted to analyze the dynamic interaction between brain regions. However, in the traditional TEensemble, multiple sets of surrogate data should be used to construct the null hypothesis distribution, which dramatically increases the computational complexity. To reduce the computational cost, a fast, efficient TEensemble with a simple statistical test method is proposed here, in which just one set of surrogate data is involved. To validate the improved efficiency, the simulated neural signals are used to compare the characteristics of the novel TEensemble with those of the traditional TEensemble. The results show that the time consumption is reduced by two or three magnitudes in the novel TEensemble. Importantly, the proposed TEensemble could accurately track the dynamic interaction process and detect the strength and the direction of interaction robustly even in the presence of moderate noises. The novel TEensemble reaches its steady state with the increased samples, which is slower than the traditional method. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the novel TEensemble was verified in the actual neural signals. Accordingly, the TEensemble proposed in this work may provide a suitable way to investigate the dynamic interactions between brain regions.
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- Junyao Zhu
- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Brain-Computer Interface Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Brain-Computer Interface Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Brain-Computer Interface Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Intelligent Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Brain-Computer Interface Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Brain-Computer Interface Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Brain-Computer Interface Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Mill RD, Hamilton JL, Winfield EC, Lalta N, Chen RH, Cole MW. Network modeling of dynamic brain interactions predicts emergence of neural information that supports human cognitive behavior. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001686. [PMID: 35980898 PMCID: PMC9387855 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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How cognitive task behavior is generated by brain network interactions is a central question in neuroscience. Answering this question calls for the development of novel analysis tools that can firstly capture neural signatures of task information with high spatial and temporal precision (the "where and when") and then allow for empirical testing of alternative network models of brain function that link information to behavior (the "how"). We outline a novel network modeling approach suited to this purpose that is applied to noninvasive functional neuroimaging data in humans. We first dynamically decoded the spatiotemporal signatures of task information in the human brain by combining MRI-individualized source electroencephalography (EEG) with multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA). A newly developed network modeling approach-dynamic activity flow modeling-then simulated the flow of task-evoked activity over more causally interpretable (relative to standard functional connectivity [FC] approaches) resting-state functional connections (dynamic, lagged, direct, and directional). We demonstrate the utility of this modeling approach by applying it to elucidate network processes underlying sensory-motor information flow in the brain, revealing accurate predictions of empirical response information dynamics underlying behavior. Extending the model toward simulating network lesions suggested a role for the cognitive control networks (CCNs) as primary drivers of response information flow, transitioning from early dorsal attention network-dominated sensory-to-response transformation to later collaborative CCN engagement during response selection. These results demonstrate the utility of the dynamic activity flow modeling approach in identifying the generative network processes underlying neurocognitive phenomena.
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- Ravi D. Mill
- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
- Behavioral and Neural Sciences Graduate Program, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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Mercier MR, Dubarry AS, Tadel F, Avanzini P, Axmacher N, Cellier D, Vecchio MD, Hamilton LS, Hermes D, Kahana MJ, Knight RT, Llorens A, Megevand P, Melloni L, Miller KJ, Piai V, Puce A, Ramsey NF, Schwiedrzik CM, Smith SE, Stolk A, Swann NC, Vansteensel MJ, Voytek B, Wang L, Lachaux JP, Oostenveld R. Advances in human intracranial electroencephalography research, guidelines and good practices. Neuroimage 2022; 260:119438. [PMID: 35792291 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Since the second-half of the twentieth century, intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG), including both electrocorticography (ECoG) and stereo-electroencephalography (sEEG), has provided an intimate view into the human brain. At the interface between fundamental research and the clinic, iEEG provides both high temporal resolution and high spatial specificity but comes with constraints, such as the individual's tailored sparsity of electrode sampling. Over the years, researchers in neuroscience developed their practices to make the most of the iEEG approach. Here we offer a critical review of iEEG research practices in a didactic framework for newcomers, as well addressing issues encountered by proficient researchers. The scope is threefold: (i) review common practices in iEEG research, (ii) suggest potential guidelines for working with iEEG data and answer frequently asked questions based on the most widespread practices, and (iii) based on current neurophysiological knowledge and methodologies, pave the way to good practice standards in iEEG research. The organization of this paper follows the steps of iEEG data processing. The first section contextualizes iEEG data collection. The second section focuses on localization of intracranial electrodes. The third section highlights the main pre-processing steps. The fourth section presents iEEG signal analysis methods. The fifth section discusses statistical approaches. The sixth section draws some unique perspectives on iEEG research. Finally, to ensure a consistent nomenclature throughout the manuscript and to align with other guidelines, e.g., Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) and the OHBM Committee on Best Practices in Data Analysis and Sharing (COBIDAS), we provide a glossary to disambiguate terms related to iEEG research.
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Rostami M, Zomorrodi R, Rostami R, Hosseinzadeh GA. Impact of methodological variability on EEG responses evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation: a meta-analysis. Clin Neurophysiol 2022; 142:154-180. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.07.495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Neymotin SA, Tal I, Barczak A, O'Connell MN, McGinnis T, Markowitz N, Espinal E, Griffith E, Anwar H, Dura-Bernal S, Schroeder CE, Lytton WW, Jones SR, Bickel S, Lakatos P. Detecting Spontaneous Neural Oscillation Events in Primate Auditory Cortex. eNeuro 2022; 9:ENEURO.0281-21.2022. [PMID: 35906065 PMCID: PMC9395248 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0281-21.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Electrophysiological oscillations in the brain have been shown to occur as multicycle events, with onset and offset dependent on behavioral and cognitive state. To provide a baseline for state-related and task-related events, we quantified oscillation features in resting-state recordings. We developed an open-source wavelet-based tool to detect and characterize such oscillation events (OEvents) and exemplify the use of this tool in both simulations and two invasively-recorded electrophysiology datasets: one from human, and one from nonhuman primate (NHP) auditory system. After removing incidentally occurring event-related potentials (ERPs), we used OEvents to quantify oscillation features. We identified ∼2 million oscillation events, classified within traditional frequency bands: δ, θ, α, β, low γ, γ, and high γ. Oscillation events of 1-44 cycles could be identified in at least one frequency band 90% of the time in human and NHP recordings. Individual oscillation events were characterized by nonconstant frequency and amplitude. This result necessarily contrasts with prior studies which assumed frequency constancy, but is consistent with evidence from event-associated oscillations. We measured oscillation event duration, frequency span, and waveform shape. Oscillations tended to exhibit multiple cycles per event, verifiable by comparing filtered to unfiltered waveforms. In addition to the clear intraevent rhythmicity, there was also evidence of interevent rhythmicity within bands, demonstrated by finding that coefficient of variation of interval distributions and Fano factor (FF) measures differed significantly from a Poisson distribution assumption. Overall, our study provides an easy-to-use tool to study oscillation events at the single-trial level or in ongoing recordings, and demonstrates that rhythmic, multicycle oscillation events dominate auditory cortical dynamics.
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- Samuel A Neymotin
- Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962
- Department Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962
- Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962
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- Department Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY 11030
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- Department Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY 11030
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962
- Department Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962
- Department Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962
- Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032
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- Department Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203
- Department Neurology, Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203
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- Department Neuroscience and Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962
- Department Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY 11030
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962
- Department Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
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Bodda S, Diwakar S. Exploring EEG spectral and temporal dynamics underlying a hand grasp movement. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0270366. [PMID: 35737671 PMCID: PMC9223346 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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For brain-computer interfaces, resolving the differences between pre-movement and movement requires decoding neural ensemble activity in the motor cortex's functional regions and behavioural patterns. Here, we explored the underlying neural activity and mechanisms concerning a grasped motor task by recording electroencephalography (EEG) signals during the execution of hand movements in healthy subjects. The grasped movement included different tasks; reaching the target, grasping the target, lifting the object upwards, and moving the object in the left or right directions. 163 trials of EEG data were acquired from 30 healthy participants who performed the grasped movement tasks. Rhythmic EEG activity was analysed during the premovement (alert task) condition and compared against grasped movement tasks while the arm was moved towards the left or right directions. The short positive to negative deflection that initiated around -0.5ms as a wave before the onset of movement cue can be used as a potential biomarker to differentiate movement initiation and movement. A rebound increment of 14% of beta oscillations and 26% gamma oscillations in the central regions was observed and could be used to distinguish pre-movement and grasped movement tasks. Comparing movement initiation to grasp showed a decrease of 10% in beta oscillations and 13% in gamma oscillations, and there was a rebound increment 4% beta and 3% gamma from grasp to grasped movement. We also investigated the combination MRCPs and spectral estimates of α, β, and γ oscillations as features for machine learning classifiers that could categorize movement conditions. Support vector machines with 3rd order polynomial kernel yielded 70% accuracy. Pruning the ranked features to 5 leaf nodes reduced the error rate by 16%. For decoding grasped movement and in the context of BCI applications, this study identifies potential biomarkers, including the spatio-temporal characteristics of MRCPs, spectral information, and choice of classifiers for optimally distinguishing initiation and grasped movement.
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- Sandeep Bodda
- Amrita Mind Brain Center, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, India
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- Amrita Mind Brain Center, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, India
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, India
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Al Boustani G, Weiß LJK, Li H, Meyer SM, Hiendlmeier L, Rinklin P, Menze B, Hemmert W, Wolfrum B. Influence of Auditory Cues on the Neuronal Response to Naturalistic Visual Stimuli in a Virtual Reality Setting. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:809293. [PMID: 35721351 PMCID: PMC9201822 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.809293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Virtual reality environments offer great opportunities to study the performance of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) in real-world contexts. As real-world stimuli are typically multimodal, their neuronal integration elicits complex response patterns. To investigate the effect of additional auditory cues on the processing of visual information, we used virtual reality to mimic safety-related events in an industrial environment while we concomitantly recorded electroencephalography (EEG) signals. We simulated a box traveling on a conveyor belt system where two types of stimuli – an exploding and a burning box – interrupt regular operation. The recordings from 16 subjects were divided into two subsets, a visual-only and an audio-visual experiment. In the visual-only experiment, the response patterns for both stimuli elicited a similar pattern – a visual evoked potential (VEP) followed by an event-related potential (ERP) over the occipital-parietal lobe. Moreover, we found the perceived severity of the event to be reflected in the signal amplitude. Interestingly, the additional auditory cues had a twofold effect on the previous findings: The P1 component was significantly suppressed in the case of the exploding box stimulus, whereas the N2c showed an enhancement for the burning box stimulus. This result highlights the impact of multisensory integration on the performance of realistic BCI applications. Indeed, we observed alterations in the offline classification accuracy for a detection task based on a mixed feature extraction (variance, power spectral density, and discrete wavelet transform) and a support vector machine classifier. In the case of the explosion, the accuracy slightly decreased by –1.64% p. in an audio-visual experiment compared to the visual-only. Contrarily, the classification accuracy for the burning box increased by 5.58% p. when additional auditory cues were present. Hence, we conclude, that especially in challenging detection tasks, it is favorable to consider the potential of multisensory integration when BCIs are supposed to operate under (multimodal) real-world conditions.
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- George Al Boustani
- Neuroelectronics – Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Neuroelectronics – Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Informatics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Neuroelectronics – Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Neuroelectronics – Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Neuroelectronics – Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Informatics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Bio-Inspired Information Processing – Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Neuroelectronics – Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- *Correspondence: Bernhard Wolfrum,
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Donoghue T, Schaworonkow N, Voytek B. Methodological considerations for studying neural oscillations. Eur J Neurosci 2022; 55:3502-3527. [PMID: 34268825 PMCID: PMC8761223 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Neural oscillations are ubiquitous across recording methodologies and species, broadly associated with cognitive tasks, and amenable to computational modelling that investigates neural circuit generating mechanisms and neural population dynamics. Because of this, neural oscillations offer an exciting potential opportunity for linking theory, physiology and mechanisms of cognition. However, despite their prevalence, there are many concerns-new and old-about how our analysis assumptions are violated by known properties of field potential data. For investigations of neural oscillations to be properly interpreted, and ultimately developed into mechanistic theories, it is necessary to carefully consider the underlying assumptions of the methods we employ. Here, we discuss seven methodological considerations for analysing neural oscillations. The considerations are to (1) verify the presence of oscillations, as they may be absent; (2) validate oscillation band definitions, to address variable peak frequencies; (3) account for concurrent non-oscillatory aperiodic activity, which might otherwise confound measures; measure and account for (4) temporal variability and (5) waveform shape of neural oscillations, which are often bursty and/or nonsinusoidal, potentially leading to spurious results; (6) separate spatially overlapping rhythms, which may interfere with each other; and (7) consider the required signal-to-noise ratio for obtaining reliable estimates. For each topic, we provide relevant examples, demonstrate potential errors of interpretation, and offer suggestions to address these issues. We primarily focus on univariate measures, such as power and phase estimates, though we discuss how these issues can propagate to multivariate measures. These considerations and recommendations offer a helpful guide for measuring and interpreting neural oscillations.
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- Thomas Donoghue
- Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego
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- Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego
- Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego
- Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, University of California, San Diego
- Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California, San Diego
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Liu XP, Wang X. Distinct neuronal types contribute to hybrid temporal encoding strategies in primate auditory cortex. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001642. [PMID: 35613218 PMCID: PMC9132345 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Studies of the encoding of sensory stimuli by the brain often consider recorded neurons as a pool of identical units. Here, we report divergence in stimulus-encoding properties between subpopulations of cortical neurons that are classified based on spike timing and waveform features. Neurons in auditory cortex of the awake marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) encode temporal information with either stimulus-synchronized or nonsynchronized responses. When we classified single-unit recordings using either a criteria-based or an unsupervised classification method into regular-spiking, fast-spiking, and bursting units, a subset of intrinsically bursting neurons formed the most highly synchronized group, with strong phase-locking to sinusoidal amplitude modulation (SAM) that extended well above 20 Hz. In contrast with other unit types, these bursting neurons fired primarily on the rising phase of SAM or the onset of unmodulated stimuli, and preferred rapid stimulus onset rates. Such differentiating behavior has been previously reported in bursting neuron models and may reflect specializations for detection of acoustic edges. These units responded to natural stimuli (vocalizations) with brief and precise spiking at particular time points that could be decoded with high temporal stringency. Regular-spiking units better reflected the shape of slow modulations and responded more selectively to vocalizations with overall firing rate increases. Population decoding using time-binned neural activity found that decoding behavior differed substantially between regular-spiking and bursting units. A relatively small pool of bursting units was sufficient to identify the stimulus with high accuracy in a manner that relied on the temporal pattern of responses. These unit type differences may contribute to parallel and complementary neural codes. Neurons in auditory cortex show highly diverse responses to sounds. This study suggests that neuronal type inferred from baseline firing properties accounts for much of this diversity, with a subpopulation of bursting units being specialized for precise temporal encoding.
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- Xiao-Ping Liu
- Laboratory of Auditory Neurophysiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- * E-mail: (X-PL); (XW)
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- Laboratory of Auditory Neurophysiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- * E-mail: (X-PL); (XW)
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Removing artifacts from TMS-evoked EEG: A methods review and a unifying theoretical framework. J Neurosci Methods 2022; 376:109591. [PMID: 35421514 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2022.109591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) combined with electroencephalography (EEG) is a technique for studying cortical excitability and connectivity in health and disease, allowing basic research and potential clinical applications. A major methodological issue, severely limiting the applicability of TMS-EEG, relates to the contamination of EEG signals by artifacts of biologic or non-biologic origin. To solve this problem, several methods, based on independent component analysis (ICA), principal component analysis (PCA), signal space projection (SSP), and other approaches, have been developed over the last decade. This article is divided into two parts. In the first part, we review the theoretical background of the currently available TMS-EEG artifact removal methods. In the second part, we formally introduce the mathematics underpinnings of the cleaning methods. We classify them into spatial and temporal filters based on their properties. Since the most frequently used TMS-EEG cleaning approach are spatial filter methods, we focus on them and introduce beamforming as a unified framework of the most popular spatial filtering techniques. This unifying approach enables the comparative assessment of these methods by highlighting their differences in terms of assumptions, challenges, and applicability for different types of artifacts and data. The different properties and challenges of the methods discussed are illustrated with both simulated and recorded data. This article targets non-mathematical and mathematical audiences. Accordingly, those readers interested in essential background information on these methods can focus on Section 2. Whereas theory-oriented readers may find Section 3 helpful for making informed decisions between existing methods and developing the methodology further.
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Stiso J, Lynn CW, Kahn AE, Rangarajan V, Szymula KP, Archer R, Revell A, Stein JM, Litt B, Davis KA, Lucas TH, Bassett DS. Neurophysiological Evidence for Cognitive Map Formation during Sequence Learning. eNeuro 2022; 9:ENEURO.0361-21.2022. [PMID: 35105662 PMCID: PMC8896554 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0361-21.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Humans deftly parse statistics from sequences. Some theories posit that humans learn these statistics by forming cognitive maps, or underlying representations of the latent space which links items in the sequence. Here, an item in the sequence is a node, and the probability of transitioning between two items is an edge. Sequences can then be generated from walks through the latent space, with different spaces giving rise to different sequence statistics. Individual or group differences in sequence learning can be modeled by changing the time scale over which estimates of transition probabilities are built, or in other words, by changing the amount of temporal discounting. Latent space models with temporal discounting bear a resemblance to models of navigation through Euclidean spaces. However, few explicit links have been made between predictions from Euclidean spatial navigation and neural activity during human sequence learning. Here, we use a combination of behavioral modeling and intracranial encephalography (iEEG) recordings to investigate how neural activity might support the formation of space-like cognitive maps through temporal discounting during sequence learning. Specifically, we acquire human reaction times from a sequential reaction time task, to which we fit a model that formulates the amount of temporal discounting as a single free parameter. From the parameter, we calculate each individual's estimate of the latent space. We find that neural activity reflects these estimates mostly in the temporal lobe, including areas involved in spatial navigation. Similar to spatial navigation, we find that low-dimensional representations of neural activity allow for easy separation of important features, such as modules, in the latent space. Lastly, we take advantage of the high temporal resolution of iEEG data to determine the time scale on which latent spaces are learned. We find that learning typically happens within the first 500 trials, and is modulated by the underlying latent space and the amount of temporal discounting characteristic of each participant. Ultimately, this work provides important links between behavioral models of sequence learning and neural activity during the same behavior, and contextualizes these results within a broader framework of domain general cognitive maps.
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- Jennifer Stiso
- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Initiative for the Theoretical Sciences, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10016
- Joseph Henry Laboratories of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87501
- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Initiative for the Theoretical Sciences, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10016
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Goldstein A, Zada Z, Buchnik E, Schain M, Price A, Aubrey B, Nastase SA, Feder A, Emanuel D, Cohen A, Jansen A, Gazula H, Choe G, Rao A, Kim C, Casto C, Fanda L, Doyle W, Friedman D, Dugan P, Melloni L, Reichart R, Devore S, Flinker A, Hasenfratz L, Levy O, Hassidim A, Brenner M, Matias Y, Norman KA, Devinsky O, Hasson U. Shared computational principles for language processing in humans and deep language models. Nat Neurosci 2022; 25:369-380. [PMID: 35260860 PMCID: PMC8904253 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-022-01026-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Departing from traditional linguistic models, advances in deep learning have resulted in a new type of predictive (autoregressive) deep language models (DLMs). Using a self-supervised next-word prediction task, these models generate appropriate linguistic responses in a given context. In the current study, nine participants listened to a 30-min podcast while their brain responses were recorded using electrocorticography (ECoG). We provide empirical evidence that the human brain and autoregressive DLMs share three fundamental computational principles as they process the same natural narrative: (1) both are engaged in continuous next-word prediction before word onset; (2) both match their pre-onset predictions to the incoming word to calculate post-onset surprise; (3) both rely on contextual embeddings to represent words in natural contexts. Together, our findings suggest that autoregressive DLMs provide a new and biologically feasible computational framework for studying the neural basis of language.
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- Ariel Goldstein
- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
- Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA.
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA
- School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Google Research, Mountain View, CA, USA
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Seymour RA, Alexander N, Mellor S, O'Neill GC, Tierney TM, Barnes GR, Maguire EA. Interference suppression techniques for OPM-based MEG: Opportunities and challenges. Neuroimage 2022; 247:118834. [PMID: 34933122 PMCID: PMC8803550 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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One of the primary technical challenges facing magnetoencephalography (MEG) is that the magnitude of neuromagnetic fields is several orders of magnitude lower than interfering signals. Recently, a new type of sensor has been developed - the optically pumped magnetometer (OPM). These sensors can be placed directly on the scalp and move with the head during participant movement, making them wearable. This opens up a range of exciting experimental and clinical opportunities for OPM-based MEG experiments, including paediatric studies, and the incorporation of naturalistic movements into neuroimaging paradigms. However, OPMs face some unique challenges in terms of interference suppression, especially in situations involving mobile participants, and when OPMs are integrated with electrical equipment required for naturalistic paradigms, such as motion capture systems. Here we briefly review various hardware solutions for OPM interference suppression. We then outline several signal processing strategies aimed at increasing the signal from neuromagnetic sources. These include regression-based strategies, temporal filtering and spatial filtering approaches. The focus is on the practical application of these signal processing algorithms to OPM data. In a similar vein, we include two worked-through experiments using OPM data collected from a whole-head sensor array. These tutorial-style examples illustrate how the steps for suppressing external interference can be implemented, including the associated data and code so that researchers can try the pipelines for themselves. With the popularity of OPM-based MEG rising, there will be an increasing need to deal with interference suppression. We hope this practical paper provides a resource for OPM-based MEG researchers to build upon.
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- Robert A Seymour
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
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Rogasch NC, Biabani M, Mutanen TP. Designing and comparing cleaning pipelines for TMS-EEG data: a theoretical overview and practical example. J Neurosci Methods 2022; 371:109494. [PMID: 35143852 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2022.109494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Combining transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with electroencephalography (EEG) is growing in popularity as a method for probing the reactivity and connectivity of neural circuits in basic and clinical research. However, using EEG to measure the neural responses to TMS is challenging due to the unique artifacts introduced by combining the two techniques. In this paper, we overview the artifacts present in TMS-EEG data and the offline cleaning methods used to suppress these unwanted signals. We then describe how open science practices, including the development of open-source toolboxes designed for TMS-EEG analysis (e.g., TESA - the TMS-EEG signal analyser), have improved the availability and reproducibility of TMS-EEG cleaning methods. We provide theoretical and practical considerations for designing TMS-EEG cleaning pipelines and then give an example of how to compare different pipelines using TESA. We show that changing even a single step in a pipeline designed to suppress decay artifacts results in TMS-evoked potentials (TEPs) with small differences in amplitude and spatial topography. The variability in TEPs resulting from the choice of cleaning pipeline has important implications for comparing TMS-EEG findings between research groups which use different online and offline approaches. Finally, we discuss the challenges of validating cleaning pipelines and recommend that researchers compare outcomes from TMS-EEG experiments using multiple pipelines to ensure findings are not related to the choice of cleaning methods. We conclude that the continued improvement, availability, and validation of cleaning pipelines is essential to ensure TMS-EEG reaches its full potential as a method for studying human neurophysiology.
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- Nigel C Rogasch
- Discipline of Psychiatry, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide; Hopwood Centre for Neurobiology, Lifelong Health Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute; Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University.
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University
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- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Finland
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López-García D, Peñalver JMG, Górriz JM, Ruz M. MVPAlab: A machine learning decoding toolbox for multidimensional electroencephalography data. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2022; 214:106549. [PMID: 34910975 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The study of brain function has recently expanded from classical univariate to multivariate analyses. These multivariate, machine learning-based algorithms afford neuroscientists extracting more detailed and richer information from the data. However, the implementation of these procedures is usually challenging, especially for researchers with no coding experience. To address this problem, we have developed MVPAlab, a MATLAB-based, flexible decoding toolbox for multidimensional electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography data. METHODS The MVPAlab Toolbox implements several machine learning algorithms to compute multivariate pattern analyses, cross-classification, temporal generalization matrices and feature and frequency contribution analyses. It also provides access to an extensive set of preprocessing routines for, among others, data normalization, data smoothing, dimensionality reduction and supertrial generation. To draw statistical inferences at the group level, MVPAlab includes a non-parametric cluster-based permutation approach. RESULTS A sample electroencephalography dataset was compiled to test all the MVPAlab main functionalities. Significant clusters (p<0.01) were found for the proposed decoding analyses and different configurations, proving the software capability for discriminating between different experimental conditions. CONCLUSIONS This toolbox has been designed to include an easy-to-use and intuitive graphic user interface and data representation software, which makes MVPAlab a very convenient tool for users with few or no previous coding experience. In addition, MVPAlab is not for beginners only, as it implements several high and low-level routines allowing more experienced users to design their own projects in a highly flexible manner.
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- Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center, University of Granada, Spain
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- Data Science & Computational Intelligence Institute, University of Granada, Spain
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- Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Granada, Spain
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Fló A, Gennari G, Benjamin L, Dehaene-Lambertz G. Automated Pipeline for Infants Continuous EEG (APICE): a flexible pipeline for developmental cognitive studies. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2022; 54:101077. [PMID: 35093730 PMCID: PMC8804179 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Cortical Processing of Binaural Cues as Shown by EEG Responses to Random-Chord Stereograms. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2021; 23:75-94. [PMID: 34904205 PMCID: PMC8783002 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-021-00820-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Spatial hearing facilitates the perceptual organization of complex soundscapes into accurate mental representations of sound sources in the environment. Yet, the role of binaural cues in auditory scene analysis (ASA) has received relatively little attention in recent neuroscientific studies employing novel, spectro-temporally complex stimuli. This may be because a stimulation paradigm that provides binaurally derived grouping cues of sufficient spectro-temporal complexity has not yet been established for neuroscientific ASA experiments. Random-chord stereograms (RCS) are a class of auditory stimuli that exploit spectro-temporal variations in the interaural envelope correlation of noise-like sounds with interaurally coherent fine structure; they evoke salient auditory percepts that emerge only under binaural listening. Here, our aim was to assess the usability of the RCS paradigm for indexing binaural processing in the human brain. To this end, we recorded EEG responses to RCS stimuli from 12 normal-hearing subjects. The stimuli consisted of an initial 3-s noise segment with interaurally uncorrelated envelopes, followed by another 3-s segment, where envelope correlation was modulated periodically according to the RCS paradigm. Modulations were applied either across the entire stimulus bandwidth (wideband stimuli) or in temporally shifting frequency bands (ripple stimulus). Event-related potentials and inter-trial phase coherence analyses of the EEG responses showed that the introduction of the 3- or 5-Hz wideband modulations produced a prominent change-onset complex and ongoing synchronized responses to the RCS modulations. In contrast, the ripple stimulus elicited a change-onset response but no response to ongoing RCS modulation. Frequency-domain analyses revealed increased spectral power at the fundamental frequency and the first harmonic of wideband RCS modulations. RCS stimulation yields robust EEG measures of binaurally driven auditory reorganization and has potential to provide a flexible stimulation paradigm suitable for isolating binaural effects in ASA experiments.
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Seymour RA, Alexander N, Mellor S, O'Neill GC, Tierney TM, Barnes GR, Maguire EA. Using OPMs to measure neural activity in standing, mobile participants. Neuroimage 2021; 244:118604. [PMID: 34555493 PMCID: PMC8591613 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Optically pumped magnetometer-based magnetoencephalography (OP-MEG) can be used to measure neuromagnetic fields while participants move in a magnetically shielded room. Head movements in previous OP-MEG studies have been up to 20 cm translation and ∼30° rotation in a sitting position. While this represents a step-change over stationary MEG systems, naturalistic head movement is likely to exceed these limits, particularly when participants are standing up. In this proof-of-concept study, we sought to push the movement limits of OP-MEG even further. Using a 90 channel (45-sensor) whole-head OP-MEG system and concurrent motion capture, we recorded auditory evoked fields while participants were: (i) sitting still, (ii) standing up and still, and (iii) standing up and making large natural head movements continuously throughout the recording - maximum translation 120 cm, maximum rotation 198°. Following pre-processing, movement artefacts were substantially reduced but not eliminated. However, upon utilisation of a beamformer, the M100 event-related field localised to primary auditory regions. Furthermore, the event-related fields from auditory cortex were remarkably consistent across the three conditions. These results suggest that a wide range of movement is possible with current OP-MEG systems. This in turn underscores the exciting potential of OP-MEG for recording neural activity during naturalistic paradigms that involve movement (e.g. navigation), and for scanning populations who are difficult to study with stationary MEG (e.g. young children).
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- Robert A Seymour
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom.
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom.
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Heinrich SP. Removing mains interference from the mfERG by applying a post-processing digital notch filter: for the good or the bad? Doc Ophthalmol 2021; 144:31-39. [PMID: 34846632 PMCID: PMC8882573 DOI: 10.1007/s10633-021-09861-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Purpose Ideally, the multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) is recorded without noticeable intrusion of mains interference. However, sometimes contamination is difficult to avoid. A post-processing digital notch filter can help to recover the retinal response even in severe cases of mains interference. While a digital filter can be designed to have little to no impact on peak times, filtering out mains interference also removes the retinal signal content of the same frequency, which may result in a change of amplitude. The present study addressed this issue in the standard first order kernel mfERG. Methods In 24 recordings from routine exams with no perceivable mains interference, the effects of 50-Hz and 60-Hz non-causal digital notch filters on amplitude and peak time were assessed. Furthermore, the effect of filtering on contaminated traces was demonstrated and simulated mains interference was used to provide an example of nonlinear superposition of retinal signal and mains interference. Results mfERG amplitudes were reduced by 0%–15% (median 6%) with the 50-Hz filter and remained virtually unaffected with the 60-Hz filter. Simulations illustrate that spurious high-frequency components can occur in the filtered signal if a strongly contaminated signal is clipped due to a limited input range of the analog-to-digital converter. Conclusion The application of a 50-Hz digital notch filter to mfERG traces causes a mild amplitude reduction which will not normally affect the clinical interpretation of the data. The situation is even more favorable with a 60-Hz digital notch filter. Caution is necessary if the assumption of linear additivity of retinal signal and mains interference is violated.
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- Sven P Heinrich
- Eye Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstr. 5, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
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Crosse MJ, Zuk NJ, Di Liberto GM, Nidiffer AR, Molholm S, Lalor EC. Linear Modeling of Neurophysiological Responses to Speech and Other Continuous Stimuli: Methodological Considerations for Applied Research. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:705621. [PMID: 34880719 PMCID: PMC8648261 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.705621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Cognitive neuroscience, in particular research on speech and language, has seen an increase in the use of linear modeling techniques for studying the processing of natural, environmental stimuli. The availability of such computational tools has prompted similar investigations in many clinical domains, facilitating the study of cognitive and sensory deficits under more naturalistic conditions. However, studying clinical (and often highly heterogeneous) cohorts introduces an added layer of complexity to such modeling procedures, potentially leading to instability of such techniques and, as a result, inconsistent findings. Here, we outline some key methodological considerations for applied research, referring to a hypothetical clinical experiment involving speech processing and worked examples of simulated electrophysiological (EEG) data. In particular, we focus on experimental design, data preprocessing, stimulus feature extraction, model design, model training and evaluation, and interpretation of model weights. Throughout the paper, we demonstrate the implementation of each step in MATLAB using the mTRF-Toolbox and discuss how to address issues that could arise in applied research. In doing so, we hope to provide better intuition on these more technical points and provide a resource for applied and clinical researchers investigating sensory and cognitive processing using ecologically rich stimuli.
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- Michael J. Crosse
- Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering, Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- X, The Moonshot Factory, Mountain View, CA, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
- Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering, Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering, Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Centre for Biomedical Engineering, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
- Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering, Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
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Karpiel I, Kurasz Z, Kurasz R, Duch K. The Influence of Filters on EEG-ERP Testing: Analysis of Motor Cortex in Healthy Subjects. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21227711. [PMID: 34833790 PMCID: PMC8619013 DOI: 10.3390/s21227711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The raw EEG signal is always contaminated with many different artifacts, such as muscle movements (electromyographic artifacts), eye blinking (electrooculographic artifacts) or power line disturbances. All artifacts must be removed for correct data interpretation. However, various noise reduction methods significantly influence the final shape of the EEG signal and thus its characteristic values, latency and amplitude. There are several types of filters to eliminate noise early in the processing of EEG data. However, there is no gold standard for their use. This article aims to verify and compare the influence of four various filters (FIR, IIR, FFT, NOTCH) on the latency and amplitude of the EEG signal. By presenting a comparison of selected filters, the authors intend to raise awareness among researchers as regards the effects of known filters on latency and amplitude in a selected area-the sensorimotor area.
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- Ilona Karpiel
- Łukasiewicz Research Network—Institute of Medical Technology and Equipment, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +32-271-60-13 (ext. 127)
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia, 40-007 Katowice, Poland;
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- Independent Researcher, 40-007 Katowice, Poland;
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian Centre for Education and Interdisciplinary Research, University of Silesia in Katowice, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland;
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Broadband Dynamics Rather than Frequency-Specific Rhythms Underlie Prediction Error in the Primate Auditory Cortex. J Neurosci 2021; 41:9374-9391. [PMID: 34645605 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0367-21.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Detection of statistical irregularities, measured as a prediction error response, is fundamental to the perceptual monitoring of the environment. We studied whether prediction error response is associated with neural oscillations or asynchronous broadband activity. Electrocorticography was conducted in three male monkeys, who passively listened to the auditory roving oddball stimuli. Local field potentials (LFPs) recorded over the auditory cortex underwent spectral principal component analysis, which decoupled broadband and rhythmic components of the LFP signal. We found that the broadband component captured the prediction error response, whereas none of the rhythmic components were associated with statistical irregularities of sounds. The broadband component displayed more stochastic, asymmetrical multifractal properties than the rhythmic components, which revealed more self-similar dynamics. We thus conclude that the prediction error response is captured by neuronal populations generating asynchronous broadband activity, defined by irregular dynamic states, which, unlike oscillatory rhythms, appear to enable the neural representation of auditory prediction error response.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT This study aimed to examine the contribution of oscillatory and asynchronous components of auditory local field potentials in the generation of prediction error responses to sensory irregularities, as this has not been directly addressed in the previous studies. Here, we show that mismatch negativity-an auditory prediction error response-is driven by the asynchronous broadband component of potentials recorded in the auditory cortex. This finding highlights the importance of nonoscillatory neural processes in the predictive monitoring of the environment. At a more general level, the study demonstrates that stochastic neural processes, which are often disregarded as neural noise, do have a functional role in the processing of sensory information.
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Petit J, Rouillard J, Cabestaing F. EEG-based brain-computer interfaces exploiting steady-state somatosensory-evoked potentials: a literature review. J Neural Eng 2021; 18. [PMID: 34725311 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac2fc4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A brain-computer interface (BCI) aims to derive commands from the user's brain activity in order to relay them to an external device. To do so, it can either detect a spontaneous change in the mental state, in the so-called 'active' BCIs, or a transient or sustained change in the brain response to an external stimulation, in 'reactive' BCIs. In the latter, external stimuli are perceived by the user through a sensory channel, usually sight or hearing. When the stimulation is sustained and periodical, the brain response reaches an oscillatory steady-state that can be detected rather easily. We focus our attention on electroencephalography-based BCIs (EEG-based BCI) in which a periodical signal, either mechanical or electrical, stimulates the user skin. This type of stimulus elicits a steady-state response of the somatosensory system that can be detected in the recorded EEG. The oscillatory and phase-locked voltage component characterising this response is called a steady-state somatosensory-evoked potential (SSSEP). It has been shown that the amplitude of the SSSEP is modulated by specific mental tasks, for instance when the user focuses their attention or not to the somatosensory stimulation, allowing the translation of this variation into a command. Actually, SSSEP-based BCIs may benefit from straightforward analysis techniques of EEG signals, like reactive BCIs, while allowing self-paced interaction, like active BCIs. In this paper, we present a survey of scientific literature related to EEG-based BCI exploiting SSSEP. Firstly, we endeavour to describe the main characteristics of SSSEPs and the calibration techniques that allow the tuning of stimulation in order to maximise their amplitude. Secondly, we present the signal processing and data classification algorithms implemented by authors in order to elaborate commands in their SSSEP-based BCIs, as well as the classification performance that they evaluated on user experiments.
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- Jimmy Petit
- University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 CRIStAL, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 CRIStAL, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 CRIStAL, F-59000 Lille, France
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Cocina F, Vitalis A, Caflisch A. Unsupervised Methods for Detection of Neural States: Case Study of Hippocampal-Amygdala Interactions. eNeuro 2021; 8:ENEURO.0484-20.2021. [PMID: 34544761 PMCID: PMC8577062 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0484-20.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The hippocampus and amygdala are functionally coupled brain regions that play a crucial role in processes involving memory and learning. Because interareal communication has been reported both during specific sleep stages and in awake, behaving animals, these brain regions can serve as an archetype to establish that measuring functional interactions is important for comprehending neural systems. To this end, we analyze here a public dataset of local field potentials (LFPs) recorded in rats simultaneously from the hippocampus and amygdala during different behaviors. Employing a specific, time-lagged embedding technique, named topological causality (TC), we infer directed interactions between the LFP band powers of the two regions across six frequency bands in a time-resolved manner. The combined power and interaction signals are processed with our own unsupervised tools developed originally for the analysis of molecular dynamics simulations to effectively visualize and identify putative, neural states that are visited by the animals repeatedly. Our proposed methodology minimizes impositions onto the data, such as isolating specific epochs, or averaging across externally annotated behavioral stages, and succeeds in separating internal states by external labels such as sleep or stimulus events. We show that this works better for two of the three rats we analyzed, and highlight the need to acknowledge individuality in analyses of this type. Importantly, we demonstrate that the quantification of functional interactions is a significant factor in discriminating these external labels, and we suggest our methodology as a general tool for large, multisite recordings.
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- Francesco Cocina
- Biochemistry department, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland CH-8057
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- Biochemistry department, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland CH-8057
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- Biochemistry department, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland CH-8057
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Effect of Noise Reduction on Cortical Speech-in-Noise Processing and Its Variance due to Individual Noise Tolerance. Ear Hear 2021; 43:849-861. [PMID: 34751679 PMCID: PMC9010348 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Despite the widespread use of noise reduction (NR) in modern digital hearing aids, our neurophysiological understanding of how NR affects speech-in-noise perception and why its effect is variable is limited. The current study aimed to (1) characterize the effect of NR on the neural processing of target speech and (2) seek neural determinants of individual differences in the NR effect on speech-in-noise performance, hypothesizing that an individual's own capability to inhibit background noise would inversely predict NR benefits in speech-in-noise perception. DESIGN Thirty-six adult listeners with normal hearing participated in the study. Behavioral and electroencephalographic responses were simultaneously obtained during a speech-in-noise task in which natural monosyllabic words were presented at three different signal-to-noise ratios, each with NR off and on. A within-subject analysis assessed the effect of NR on cortical evoked responses to target speech in the temporal-frontal speech and language brain regions, including supramarginal gyrus and inferior frontal gyrus in the left hemisphere. In addition, an across-subject analysis related an individual's tolerance to noise, measured as the amplitude ratio of auditory-cortical responses to target speech and background noise, to their speech-in-noise performance. RESULTS At the group level, in the poorest signal-to-noise ratio condition, NR significantly increased early supramarginal gyrus activity and decreased late inferior frontal gyrus activity, indicating a switch to more immediate lexical access and less effortful cognitive processing, although no improvement in behavioral performance was found. The across-subject analysis revealed that the cortical index of individual noise tolerance significantly correlated with NR-driven changes in speech-in-noise performance. CONCLUSIONS NR can facilitate speech-in-noise processing despite no improvement in behavioral performance. Findings from the current study also indicate that people with lower noise tolerance are more likely to get more benefits from NR. Overall, results suggest that future research should take a mechanistic approach to NR outcomes and individual noise tolerance.
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Balsdon T, Mamassian P, Wyart V. Separable neural signatures of confidence during perceptual decisions. eLife 2021; 10:e68491. [PMID: 34488942 PMCID: PMC8423440 DOI: 10.7554/elife.68491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Perceptual confidence is an evaluation of the validity of perceptual decisions. While there is behavioural evidence that confidence evaluation differs from perceptual decision-making, disentangling these two processes remains a challenge at the neural level. Here, we examined the electrical brain activity of human participants in a protracted perceptual decision-making task where observers tend to commit to perceptual decisions early whilst continuing to monitor sensory evidence for evaluating confidence. Premature decision commitments were revealed by patterns of spectral power overlying motor cortex, followed by an attenuation of the neural representation of perceptual decision evidence. A distinct neural representation was associated with the computation of confidence, with sources localised in the superior parietal and orbitofrontal cortices. In agreement with a dissociation between perception and confidence, these neural resources were recruited even after observers committed to their perceptual decisions, and thus delineate an integral neural circuit for evaluating perceptual decision confidence.
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- Tarryn Balsdon
- Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs (CNRS UMR 8248), DEC, ENS, PSL UniversityParisFrance
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Computationnelles (Inserm U960), DEC, ENS, PSL UniversityParisFrance
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- Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs (CNRS UMR 8248), DEC, ENS, PSL UniversityParisFrance
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- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Computationnelles (Inserm U960), DEC, ENS, PSL UniversityParisFrance
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Li J, Hong B, Nolte G, Engel AK, Zhang D. Preparatory delta phase response is correlated with naturalistic speech comprehension performance. Cogn Neurodyn 2021; 16:337-352. [PMID: 35401861 PMCID: PMC8934811 DOI: 10.1007/s11571-021-09711-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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While human speech comprehension is thought to be an active process that involves top-down predictions, it remains unclear how predictive information is used to prepare for the processing of upcoming speech information. We aimed to identify the neural signatures of the preparatory processing of upcoming speech. Participants selectively attended to one of two competing naturalistic, narrative speech streams, and a temporal response function (TRF) method was applied to derive event-related-like neural responses from electroencephalographic data. The phase responses to the attended speech at the delta band (1-4 Hz) were correlated with the comprehension performance of individual participants, with a latency of - 200-0 ms relative to the onset of speech amplitude envelope fluctuations over the fronto-central and left-lateralized parietal electrodes. The phase responses to the attended speech at the alpha band also correlated with comprehension performance but with a latency of 650-980 ms post-onset over the fronto-central electrodes. Distinct neural signatures were found for the attentional modulation, taking the form of TRF-based amplitude responses at a latency of 240-320 ms post-onset over the left-lateralized fronto-central and occipital electrodes. Our findings reveal how the brain gets prepared to process an upcoming speech in a continuous, naturalistic speech context.
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- Jiawei Li
- Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Room 334, Mingzhai Building, Beijing, China
- Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Room 334, Mingzhai Building, Beijing, China
- Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Zschorlich VR, Qi F, Wolff N. Comparing Different Filter-Parameter for Pre-Processing of Brain-Stimulation Evoked Motor Potentials. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11091118. [PMID: 34573140 PMCID: PMC8469458 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11091118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background: Brain stimulation motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) are transient signals and not periodic signals, and thus, they differ significantly in their properties from classical surface electromyograms. Unsuitable pre-processing of MEPs due to inappropriate filter settings leads to distortions. Filtering of extensor carpi radialis MEPs with transient signal characteristics of 20 subjects was examined. The effects of a 1st-order Butterworth high-pass filter (HPF) with different cut-off frequencies 1 Hz, 20 Hz, 40 Hz, and 80 Hz and a 5 Hz Butterworth high-pass filter with degrees 1st, 2nd, 4th, 8th-order are investigated for the filter output. Results: The filtering of the MEPs with an inappropriate filter setting led to distortions on the parameters peak-to-peak amplitudes of the MEP (MEPpp) and the absolute integral of the MEP (MEParea). The lowest distortions of all of the examined filter parameters were revealed after filtering with the lowest filter order and the lowest cut-off frequency. The 1st-order 1 Hz HPF calculation results in a difference of −0.53% (p < 0.001) for the MEPpp and −1.94% (p < 0.001) for the MEParea. Significance: Reproducibility is a major concern in science, including brain stimulation research. Only the filtering of the MEPs with appropriate filter settings led to mostly undistorted MEPs.
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- Volker R. Zschorlich
- Department of Sport Science, University of Rostock, Ulmenstraße 69-House 2, 18057 Rostock, Germany;
- Department Ageing of Individuals and Society, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Rostock, 18147 Rostock, Germany
- Department of Sport Science, University of Oldenburg, Ammerländer Heerstraße 114-118, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Sports, Exercise and Brain Sciences Laboratory, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China;
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- Department of Sport Science, University of Rostock, Ulmenstraße 69-House 2, 18057 Rostock, Germany;
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Tiwari S, Goel S, Bhardwaj A. MIDNN- a classification approach for the EEG based motor imagery tasks using deep neural network. APPL INTELL 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10489-021-02622-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Roehe MA, Kluger DS, Schroeder SCY, Schliephake LM, Boelte J, Jacobsen T, Schubotz RI. Early alpha/beta oscillations reflect the formation of face-related expectations in the brain. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0255116. [PMID: 34310657 PMCID: PMC8312971 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Although statistical regularities in the environment often go explicitly unnoticed, traces of implicit learning are evident in our neural activity. Recent perspectives have offered evidence that both pre-stimulus oscillations and peri-stimulus event-related potentials are reliable biomarkers of implicit expectations arising from statistical learning. What remains ambiguous, however, is the origination and development of these implicit expectations. To address this lack of knowledge and determine the temporal constraints of expectation formation, pre-stimulus increases in alpha/beta power were investigated alongside a reduction in the N170 and a suppression in peri-/post-stimulus gamma power. Electroencephalography was acquired from naive participants who engaged in a gender classification task. Participants were uninformed, that eight face images were sorted into four reoccurring pairs which were pseudorandomly hidden amongst randomly occurring face images. We found a reduced N170 for statistically expected images at left parietal and temporo-parietal electrodes. Furthermore, enhanced gamma power following the presentation of random images emphasized the bottom-up processing of these arbitrary occurrences. In contrast, enhanced alpha/beta power was evident pre-stimulus for expected relative to random faces. A particularly interesting finding was the early onset of alpha/beta power enhancement which peaked immediately after the depiction of the predictive face. Hence, our findings propose an approximate timeframe throughout which consistent traces of enhanced alpha/beta power illustrate the early prioritisation of top-down processes to facilitate the development of implicitly cued face-related expectations.
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- Marlen A. Roehe
- Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Otto-Creutzfeldt-Centre for Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Otto-Creutzfeldt-Centre for Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignal Analysis, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Otto-Creutzfeldt-Centre for Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Otto-Creutzfeldt-Centre for Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Experimental Psychology Unit, Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Otto-Creutzfeldt-Centre for Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Mahadevan AS, Tooley UA, Bertolero MA, Mackey AP, Bassett DS. Evaluating the sensitivity of functional connectivity measures to motion artifact in resting-state fMRI data. Neuroimage 2021; 241:118408. [PMID: 34284108 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Functional connectivity (FC) networks are typically inferred from resting-state fMRI data using the Pearson correlation between BOLD time series from pairs of brain regions. However, alternative methods of estimating functional connectivity have not been systematically tested for their sensitivity or robustness to head motion artifact. Here, we evaluate the sensitivity of eight different functional connectivity measures to motion artifact using resting-state data from the Human Connectome Project. We report that FC estimated using full correlation has a relatively high residual distance-dependent relationship with motion compared to partial correlation, coherence, and information theory-based measures, even after implementing rigorous methods for motion artifact mitigation. This disadvantage of full correlation, however, may be offset by higher test-retest reliability, fingerprinting accuracy, and system identifiability. FC estimated by partial correlation offers the best of both worlds, with low sensitivity to motion artifact and intermediate system identifiability, with the caveat of low test-retest reliability and fingerprinting accuracy. We highlight spatial differences in the sub-networks affected by motion with different FC metrics. Further, we report that intra-network edges in the default mode and retrosplenial temporal sub-networks are highly correlated with motion in all FC methods. Our findings indicate that the method of estimating functional connectivity is an important consideration in resting-state fMRI studies and must be chosen carefully based on the parameters of the study.
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- Arun S Mahadevan
- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.
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Zhang Q, Gheres KW, Drew PJ. Origins of 1/f-like tissue oxygenation fluctuations in the murine cortex. PLoS Biol 2021; 19:e3001298. [PMID: 34264930 PMCID: PMC8282088 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The concentration of oxygen in the brain spontaneously fluctuates, and the distribution of power in these fluctuations has a 1/f-like spectra, where the power present at low frequencies of the power spectrum is orders of magnitude higher than at higher frequencies. Though these oscillations have been interpreted as being driven by neural activity, the origin of these 1/f-like oscillations is not well understood. Here, to gain insight of the origin of the 1/f-like oxygen fluctuations, we investigated the dynamics of tissue oxygenation and neural activity in awake behaving mice. We found that oxygen signal recorded from the cortex of mice had 1/f-like spectra. However, band-limited power in the local field potential did not show corresponding 1/f-like fluctuations. When local neural activity was suppressed, the 1/f-like fluctuations in oxygen concentration persisted. Two-photon measurements of erythrocyte spacing fluctuations and mathematical modeling show that stochastic fluctuations in erythrocyte flow could underlie 1/f-like dynamics in oxygenation. These results suggest that the discrete nature of erythrocytes and their irregular flow, rather than fluctuations in neural activity, could drive 1/f-like fluctuations in tissue oxygenation.
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- Qingguang Zhang
- Center for Neural Engineering, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- * E-mail: (QZ); (PJD)
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- Graduate Program in Molecular Cellular and Integrative Biosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Center for Neural Engineering, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- * E-mail: (QZ); (PJD)
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Tardiff N, Medaglia JD, Bassett DS, Thompson-Schill SL. The modulation of brain network integration and arousal during exploration. Neuroimage 2021; 240:118369. [PMID: 34242784 PMCID: PMC8507424 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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There is growing interest in how neuromodulators shape brain networks. Recent neuroimaging studies provide evidence that brainstem arousal systems, such as the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system (LC-NE), influence functional connectivity and brain network topology, suggesting they have a role in flexibly reconfiguring brain networks in order to adapt behavior and cognition to environmental demands. To date, however, the relationship between brainstem arousal systems and functional connectivity has not been assessed within the context of a task with an established relationship between arousal and behavior, with most prior studies relying on incidental variations in arousal or pharmacological manipulation and static brain networks constructed over long periods of time. These factors have likely contributed to a heterogeneity of effects across studies. To address these issues, we took advantage of the association between LC-NE-linked arousal and exploration to probe the relationships between exploratory choice, arousal—as measured indirectly via pupil diameter—and brain network dynamics. Exploration in a bandit task was associated with a shift toward fewer, more weakly connected modules that were more segregated in terms of connectivity and topology but more integrated with respect to the diversity of cognitive systems represented in each module. Functional connectivity strength decreased, and changes in connectivity were correlated with changes in pupil diameter, in line with the hypothesis that brainstem arousal systems influence the dynamic reorganization of brain networks. More broadly, we argue that carefully aligning dynamic network analyses with task designs can increase the temporal resolution at which behaviorally- and cognitively-relevant modulations can be identified, and offer these results as a proof of concept of this approach.
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- Nathan Tardiff
- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Neurology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, United States
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Kim S, Emory C, Choi I. Neurofeedback Training of Auditory Selective Attention Enhances Speech-In-Noise Perception. Front Hum Neurosci 2021; 15:676992. [PMID: 34239430 PMCID: PMC8258151 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.676992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Selective attention enhances cortical responses to attended sensory inputs while suppressing others, which can be an effective strategy for speech-in-noise (SiN) understanding. Emerging evidence exhibits a large variance in attentional control during SiN tasks, even among normal-hearing listeners. Yet whether training can enhance the efficacy of attentional control and, if so, whether the training effects can be transferred to performance on a SiN task has not been explicitly studied. Here, we introduce a neurofeedback training paradigm designed to reinforce the attentional modulation of auditory evoked responses. Young normal-hearing adults attended one of two competing speech streams consisting of five repeating words (“up”) in a straight rhythm spoken by a female speaker and four straight words (“down”) spoken by a male speaker. Our electroencephalography-based attention decoder classified every single trial using a template-matching method based on pre-defined patterns of cortical auditory responses elicited by either an “up” or “down” stream. The result of decoding was provided on the screen as online feedback. After four sessions of this neurofeedback training over 4 weeks, the subjects exhibited improved attentional modulation of evoked responses to the training stimuli as well as enhanced cortical responses to target speech and better performance during a post-training SiN task. Such training effects were not found in the Placebo Group that underwent similar attention training except that feedback was given only based on behavioral accuracy. These results indicate that the neurofeedback training may reinforce the strength of attentional modulation, which likely improves SiN understanding. Our finding suggests a potential rehabilitation strategy for SiN deficits.
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- Subong Kim
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.,Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, United States
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Zhuang Z, Liu Z, Li J, Wang X, Xie P, Xiong F, Hu J, Meng X, Huang M, Deng Y, Lan P, Yu H, Luo Y. Radiomic signature of the FOWARC trial predicts pathological response to neoadjuvant treatment in rectal cancer. J Transl Med 2021; 19:256. [PMID: 34112180 PMCID: PMC8194221 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-021-02919-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Background We aimed to develop a radiomic model based on pre-treatment computed tomography (CT) to predict the pathological complete response (pCR) in patients with rectal cancer after neoadjuvant treatment and tried to integrate our model with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based radiomic signature. Methods This was a secondary analysis of the FOWARC randomized controlled trial. Radiomic features were extracted from pre-treatment portal venous-phase contrast-enhanced CT images of 177 patients with rectal cancer. Patients were randomly allocated to the primary and validation cohort. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression was applied to select predictive features to build a radiomic signature for pCR prediction (rad-score). This CT-based rad-score was integrated with clinicopathological variables using gradient boosting machine (GBM) or MRI-based rad-score to construct comprehensive models for pCR prediction. The performance of CT-based model was evaluated and compared by receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. The LR (likelihood ratio) test and AIC (Akaike information criterion) were applied to compare CT-based rad-score, MRI-based rad-score and the combined rad-score. Results We developed a CT-based rad-score for pCR prediction and a gradient boosting machine (GBM) model was built after clinicopathological variables were incorporated, with improved AUCs of 0.997 [95% CI 0.990–1.000] and 0.822 [95% CI 0.649–0.995] in the primary and validation cohort, respectively. Moreover, we constructed a combined model of CT- and MRI-based radiomic signatures that achieve better AIC (75.49 vs. 81.34 vs.82.39) than CT-based rad-score (P = 0.005) and MRI-based rad-score (P = 0.003) alone did. Conclusions The CT-based radiomic models we constructed may provide a useful and reliable tool to predict pCR after neoadjuvant treatment, identify patients that are appropriate for a 'watch and wait' approach, and thus avoid overtreatment. Moreover, the CT-based radiomic signature may add predictive value to the MRI-based models for clinical decision making. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12967-021-02919-x.
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- Zhuokai Zhuang
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China.,Guangdong Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Disease, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China.,Guangdong Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Disease, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Disease, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China.,Guangdong Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Disease, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China.,Guangdong Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Disease, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Disease, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China.,Department of Medical Oncology, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China.,Guangdong Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Disease, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Disease, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China.
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 26 Yuancun Erheng Road, Guangzhou, 510655, Guangdong, China.
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de Cheveigné A, Slaney M, Fuglsang SA, Hjortkjaer J. Auditory stimulus-response modeling with a match-mismatch task. J Neural Eng 2021; 18. [PMID: 33849003 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/abf771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective.An auditory stimulus can be related to the brain response that it evokes by a stimulus-response model fit to the data. This offers insight into perceptual processes within the brain and is also of potential use for devices such as brain computer interfaces (BCIs). The quality of the model can be quantified by measuring the fit with a regression problem, or by applying it to a classification task and measuring its performance.Approach.Here we focus on amatch-mismatch(MM) task that entails deciding whether a segment of brain signal matches, via a model, the auditory stimulus that evoked it.Main results. Using these metrics, we describe a range of models of increasing complexity that we compare to methods in the literature, showing state-of-the-art performance. We document in detail one particular implementation, calibrated on a publicly-available database, that can serve as a robust reference to evaluate future developments.Significance.The MM task allows stimulus-response models to be evaluated in the limit of very high model accuracy, making it an attractive alternative to the more commonly used task of auditory attention detection. The MM task does not require class labels, so it is immune to mislabeling, and it is applicable to data recorded in listening scenarios with only one sound source, thus it is cheap to obtain large quantities of training and testing data. Performance metrics from this task, associated with regression accuracy, provide complementary insights into the relation between stimulus and response, as well as information about discriminatory power directly applicable to BCI applications.
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- Alain de Cheveigné
- Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs, Paris, CNRS UMR 8248, France.,Département d'Etudes Cognitives, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, PSL, France.,UCL Ear Institute, London, United Kingdom.,Audition, DEC, ENS, 29 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris, France
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- Google Research, Machine Hearing Group, Mountain View, CA, United States of America
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- Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Hearing Systems Section, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.,Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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A Continuous Cuffless Blood Pressure Estimation Using Tree-Based Pipeline Optimization Tool. Symmetry (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/sym13040686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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High blood pressure (BP) may lead to further health complications if not monitored and controlled, especially for critically ill patients. Particularly, there are two types of blood pressure monitoring, invasive measurement, whereby a central line is inserted into the patient’s body, which is associated with infection risks. The second measurement is cuff-based that monitors BP by detecting the blood volume change at the skin surface using a pulse oximeter or wearable devices such as a smartwatch. This paper aims to estimate the blood pressure using machine learning from photoplethysmogram (PPG) signals, which is obtained from cuff-based monitoring. To avoid the issues associated with machine learning such as improperly choosing the classifiers and/or not selecting the best features, this paper utilized the tree-based pipeline optimization tool (TPOT) to automate the machine learning pipeline to select the best regression models for estimating both systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) separately. As a pre-processing stage, notch filter, band-pass filter, and zero phase filtering were applied by TPOT to eliminate any potential noise inherent in the signal. Then, the automated feature selection was performed to select the best features to estimate the BP, including SBP and DBP features, which are extracted using random forest (RF) and k-nearest neighbors (KNN), respectively. To train and test the model, the PhysioNet global dataset was used, which contains 32.061 million samples for 1000 subjects. Finally, the proposed approach was evaluated and validated using the mean absolute error (MAE). The results obtained were 6.52 mmHg for SBS and 4.19 mmHg for DBP, which show the superiority of the proposed model over the related works.
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Kim S, Schwalje AT, Liu AS, Gander PE, McMurray B, Griffiths TD, Choi I. Pre- and post-target cortical processes predict speech-in-noise performance. Neuroimage 2021; 228:117699. [PMID: 33387631 PMCID: PMC8291856 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Understanding speech in noise (SiN) is a complex task that recruits multiple cortical subsystems. There is a variance in individuals' ability to understand SiN that cannot be explained by simple hearing profiles, which suggests that central factors may underlie the variance in SiN ability. Here, we elucidated a few cortical functions involved during a SiN task and their contributions to individual variance using both within- and across-subject approaches. Through our within-subject analysis of source-localized electroencephalography, we investigated how acoustic signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) alters cortical evoked responses to a target word across the speech recognition areas, finding stronger responses in left supramarginal gyrus (SMG, BA40 the dorsal lexicon area) with quieter noise. Through an individual differences approach, we found that listeners show different neural sensitivity to the background noise and target speech, reflected in the amplitude ratio of earlier auditory-cortical responses to speech and noise, named as an internal SNR. Listeners with better internal SNR showed better SiN performance. Further, we found that the post-speech time SMG activity explains a further amount of variance in SiN performance that is not accounted for by internal SNR. This result demonstrates that at least two cortical processes contribute to SiN performance independently: pre-target time processing to attenuate neural representation of background noise and post-target time processing to extract information from speech sounds.
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- Subong Kim
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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van Driel J, Olivers CNL, Fahrenfort JJ. High-pass filtering artifacts in multivariate classification of neural time series data. J Neurosci Methods 2021; 352:109080. [PMID: 33508412 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2021.109080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Traditionally, EEG/MEG data are high-pass filtered and baseline-corrected to remove slow drifts. Minor deleterious effects of high-pass filtering in traditional time-series analysis have been well-documented, including temporal displacements. However, its effects on time-resolved multivariate pattern classification analyses (MVPA) are largely unknown. NEW METHOD To prevent potential displacement effects, we extend an alternative method of removing slow drift noise - robust detrending - with a procedure in which we mask out all cortical events from each trial. We refer to this method as trial-masked robust detrending. RESULTS In both real and simulated EEG data of a working memory experiment, we show that both high-pass filtering and standard robust detrending create artifacts that result in the displacement of multivariate patterns into activity silent periods, particularly apparent in temporal generalization analyses, and especially in combination with baseline correction. We show that trial-masked robust detrending is free from such displacements. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD(S) Temporal displacement may emerge even with modest filter cut-off settings such as 0.05 Hz, and even in regular robust detrending. However, trial-masked robust detrending results in artifact-free decoding without displacements. Baseline correction may unwittingly obfuscate spurious decoding effects and displace them to the rest of the trial. CONCLUSIONS Decoding analyses benefit from trial-masked robust detrending, without the unwanted side effects introduced by filtering or regular robust detrending. However, for sufficiently clean data sets and sufficiently strong signals, no filtering or detrending at all may work adequately. Implications for other types of data are discussed, followed by a number of recommendations.
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- Joram van Driel
- Institute for Brain and Behaviour Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology - Cognitive Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Brain and Behaviour Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology - Cognitive Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Brain and Behaviour Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology - Cognitive Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1001 NK, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1001 NK, the Netherlands.
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Ruiz Marín M, Villegas Martínez I, Rodríguez Bermúdez G, Porfiri M. Integrating old and new complexity measures toward automated seizure detection from long-term video EEG recordings. iScience 2021; 24:101997. [PMID: 33490905 PMCID: PMC7811137 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Automated seizure detection in long-term video-EEG recordings is far from being integrated into common clinical practice. Here, we leverage classical and state-of-the-art complexity measures to robustly and automatically detect seizures from scalp recordings. Brain activity is scored through eight features, encompassing traditional time domain and novel measures of recurrence. A binary classification algorithm tailored to treat unbalanced dataset is used to determine whether a time window is ictal or non-ictal from its features. The application of the algorithm on a cohort of ten adult patients with focal refractory epilepsy indicates sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 90%, along with a true alarm rate of 95% and less than four false alarms per day. The proposed approach emphasizes ictal patterns against noisy background without the need of data preprocessing. Finally, we benchmark our approach against previous studies on two publicly available datasets, demonstrating the good performance of our algorithm. Complexity measures are formulated to enhance classical time-domain statistics of EEG The detection algorithm does not need ad-hoc data preprocessing to address artifacts Focal seizures are detected 95% of the time with less than four false alarms per day The approach offers a visual representation of a seizure as a time-evolving network
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- Manuel Ruiz Marín
- Department of Quantitative Methods, Law and Modern Languages, Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT), Cartagena, Murcia 30201, Spain
- Bio-Health Institute (IMIB-Arrixaca), Health Science Campus, Murcia, CP 30120, Spain
- Corresponding author
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- Department of Projects and Innovation, Health Service of Murcia (SMS), Murcia, Spain
- Bio-Health Institute (IMIB-Arrixaca), Health Science Campus, Murcia, CP 30120, Spain
- Corresponding author
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- Department of Quantitative Methods, Law and Modern Languages, Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT), Cartagena, Murcia 30201, Spain
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Department of Biomedical Engineering New York University Tandon School of Engineering (NYU), Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Dial HR, Gnanateja GN, Tessmer RS, Gorno-Tempini ML, Chandrasekaran B, Henry ML. Cortical Tracking of the Speech Envelope in Logopenic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia. Front Hum Neurosci 2021; 14:597694. [PMID: 33488371 PMCID: PMC7815818 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.597694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA) is a neurodegenerative language disorder primarily characterized by impaired phonological processing. Sentence repetition and comprehension deficits are observed in lvPPA and linked to impaired phonological working memory, but recent evidence also implicates impaired speech perception. Currently, neural encoding of the speech envelope, which forms the scaffolding for perception, is not clearly understood in lvPPA. We leveraged recent analytical advances in electrophysiology to examine speech envelope encoding in lvPPA. We assessed cortical tracking of the speech envelope and in-task comprehension of two spoken narratives in individuals with lvPPA (n = 10) and age-matched (n = 10) controls. Despite markedly reduced narrative comprehension relative to controls, individuals with lvPPA had increased cortical tracking of the speech envelope in theta oscillations, which track low-level features (e.g., syllables), but not delta oscillations, which track speech units that unfold across a longer time scale (e.g., words, phrases, prosody). This neural signature was highly correlated across narratives. Results indicate an increased reliance on acoustic cues during speech encoding. This may reflect inefficient encoding of bottom-up speech cues, likely as a consequence of dysfunctional temporoparietal cortex.
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- Heather R. Dial
- Aphasia Research and Treatment Lab, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- SoundBrain Lab, Department of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Aphasia Research and Treatment Lab, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Language Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- SoundBrain Lab, Department of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Aphasia Research and Treatment Lab, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
- Department of Neurology, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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Wittevrongel B, Khachatryan E, Carrette E, Boon P, Meurs A, Van Roost D, Van Hulle MM. High-gamma oscillations precede visual steady-state responses: A human electrocorticography study. Hum Brain Mapp 2020; 41:5341-5355. [PMID: 32885895 PMCID: PMC7670637 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The robust steady-state cortical activation elicited by flickering visual stimulation has been exploited by a wide range of scientific studies. As the fundamental neural response inherits the spectral properties of the gazed flickering, the paradigm has been used to chart cortical characteristics and their relation to pathologies. However, despite its widespread adoption, the underlying neural mechanisms are not well understood. Here, we show that the fundamental response is preceded by high-gamma (55-125 Hz) oscillations which are also synchronised to the gazed frequency. Using a subdural recording of the primary and associative visual cortices of one human subject, we demonstrate that the latencies of the high-gamma and fundamental components are highly correlated on a single-trial basis albeit that the latter is consistently delayed by approximately 55 ms. These results corroborate previous reports that top-down feedback projections are involved in the generation of the fundamental response, but, in addition, we show that trial-to-trial variability in fundamental latency is paralleled by a highly similar variability in high-gamma latency. Pathology- or paradigm-induced alterations in steady-state responses could thus originate either from deviating visual gamma responses or from aberrations in the neural feedback mechanism. Experiments designed to tease apart the two processes are expected to provide deeper insights into the studied paradigm.
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental NeurophysiologyGhent University HospitalGhentBelgium
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental NeurophysiologyGhent University HospitalGhentBelgium
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental NeurophysiologyGhent University HospitalGhentBelgium
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- Department of NeurosurgeryGhent University HospitalGhentBelgium
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Watrous AJ, Buchanan RJ. The Oscillatory ReConstruction Algorithm adaptively identifies frequency bands to improve spectral decomposition in human and rodent neural recordings. J Neurophysiol 2020; 124:1914-1922. [DOI: 10.1152/jn.00292.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Neural oscillations show substantial variability within and across individuals and brain regions, yet most existing studies analyze oscillations using canonical, fixed-frequency bands. Thus, there is an ongoing need for tools that capture oscillatory variability in neural signals. Toward this end, Oscillatory ReConstruction Algorithm is a novel and adaptive analytic tool that allows researchers to measure neural oscillations with more precision and less researcher bias.
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- Andrew J. Watrous
- Department of Neurology, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- Institute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- Center for Learning and Memory, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- Seton Brain and Spine Institute, Division of Neurosurgery, Austin, Texas
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- Institute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- Seton Brain and Spine Institute, Division of Neurosurgery, Austin, Texas
- Department of Neurosurgery, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- Department of Psychiatry, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Gaidica M, Hurst A, Cyr C, Leventhal DK. Interactions Between Motor Thalamic Field Potentials and Single-Unit Spiking Are Correlated With Behavior in Rats. Front Neural Circuits 2020; 14:52. [PMID: 32922268 PMCID: PMC7457120 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2020.00052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Field potential (FP) oscillations are believed to coordinate brain activity over large spatiotemporal scales, with specific features (e.g., phase and power) in discrete frequency bands correlated with motor output. Furthermore, complex correlations between oscillations in distinct frequency bands (phase-amplitude, amplitude-amplitude, and phase-phase coupling) are commonly observed. However, the mechanisms underlying FP-behavior correlations and cross-frequency coupling remain unknown. The thalamus plays a central role in generating many circuit-level neural oscillations, and single-unit activity in motor thalamus (Mthal) is correlated with behavioral output. We, therefore, hypothesized that motor thalamic spiking coordinates motor system FPs and underlies FP-behavior correlations. To investigate this possibility, we recorded wideband motor thalamic (Mthal) electrophysiology as healthy rats performed a two-alternative forced-choice task. Delta (1–4 Hz), beta (13–30 Hz), low gamma (30–70 Hz), and high gamma (70–200 Hz) power were strongly modulated by task performance. As in the cortex, the delta phase was correlated with beta/low gamma power and reaction time. Most interestingly, subpopulations of Mthal neurons defined by their relationship to the behavior exhibited distinct relationships with FP features. Specifically, neurons whose activity was correlated with action selection and movement speed were entrained to delta oscillations. Furthermore, changes in their activity anticipated power fluctuations in beta/low gamma bands. These complex relationships suggest mechanisms for commonly observed FP-FP and spike-FP correlations, as well as subcortical influences on motor output.
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- Matt Gaidica
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.,Parkinson Disease Foundation Research Center of Excellence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Neurology, VA Ann Arbor Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Cortical Tracking of Speech in Delta Band Relates to Individual Differences in Speech in Noise Comprehension in Older Adults. Ear Hear 2020; 42:343-354. [PMID: 32826508 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000000923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Understanding speech in adverse listening environments is challenging for older adults. Individual differences in pure tone averages and working memory are known to be critical indicators of speech in noise comprehension. Recent studies have suggested that tracking of the speech envelope in cortical oscillations <8 Hz may be an important mechanism related to speech comprehension by segmenting speech into words and phrases (delta, 1 to 4 Hz) or phonemes and syllables (theta, 4 to 8 Hz). The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which individual differences in pure tone averages, working memory, and cortical tracking of the speech envelope relate to speech in noise comprehension in older adults. DESIGN Cortical tracking of continuous speech was assessed using electroencephalography in older adults (60 to 80 years). Participants listened to speech in quiet and in the presence of noise (time-reversed speech) and answered comprehension questions. Participants completed Forward Digit Span and Backward Digit Span as measures of working memory, and pure tone averages were collected. An index of reduction in noise (RIN) was calculated by normalizing the difference between raw cortical tracking in quiet and in noise. RESULTS Comprehension question performance was greater for speech in quiet than for speech in noise. The relationship between RIN and speech in noise comprehension was assessed while controlling for the effects of individual differences in pure tone averages and working memory. Delta band RIN correlated with speech in noise comprehension, while theta band RIN did not. CONCLUSIONS Cortical tracking by delta oscillations is robust to the effects of noise. These findings demonstrate that the magnitude of delta band RIN relates to individual differences in speech in noise comprehension in older adults. Delta band RIN may serve as a neural metric of speech in noise comprehension beyond the effects of pure tone averages and working memory.
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de la Torre A, Valderrama JT, Segura JC, Alvarez IM. Latency-dependent filtering and compact representation of the complete auditory pathway response. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2020; 148:599. [PMID: 32873047 DOI: 10.1121/10.0001673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) include the auditory brainstem response (ABR), middle latency response (MLR), and cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs), each one covering a specific latency range and frequency band. For this reason, ABR, MLR, and CAEP are usually recorded separately using different protocols. This article proposes a procedure providing a latency-dependent filtering and down-sampling of the AEP responses. This way, each AEP component is appropriately filtered, according to its latency, and the complete auditory pathway response is conveniently represented (with the minimum number of samples, i.e., without unnecessary redundancies). The compact representation of the complete response facilitates a comprehensive analysis of the evoked potentials (keeping the natural continuity related to the neural activity transmission along the auditory pathway), which provides a new perspective in the design and analysis of AEP experiments. Additionally, the proposed compact representation reduces the storage or transmission requirements when large databases are manipulated for clinical or research purposes. The analysis of the AEP responses shows that a compact representation with 40 samples/decade (around 120 samples) is enough for accurately representing the response of the complete auditory pathway and provides appropriate latency-dependent filtering. MatLab/Octave code implementing the proposed procedure is included in the supplementary materials.
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- Angel de la Torre
- Department of Signal Theory, Telematics, and Communications, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Signal Theory, Telematics, and Communications, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Signal Theory, Telematics, and Communications, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Schmidt SL, Peters JJ, Turner DA, Grill WM. Continuous deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus may not modulate beta bursts in patients with Parkinson's disease. Brain Stimul 2020; 13:433-443. [PMID: 31884188 PMCID: PMC6961347 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2019.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Neural oscillations represent synchronous neuronal activation and are ubiquitous throughout the brain. Oscillatory activity often includes brief high-amplitude bursts in addition to background oscillations, and burst activity may predict performance on working memory, motor, and comprehension tasks. OBJECTIVE We evaluated beta burst activity as a possible biomarker for motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD). The relationship between beta amplitude dynamics and motor symptoms is critical for adaptive DBS for treatment of PD. METHODS We applied threshold-based and support vector machine (SVM) analyses of burst parameters to a defined on/off oscillator and to intraoperative recordings of local field potentials from the subthalamic nucleus of 16 awake patients with PD. RESULTS Filtering and time-frequency analysis techniques critically influenced the accuracy of identifying burst activity. Threshold-based analysis lead to biased results in the presence of changes in long-term beta amplitude and accurate quantification of bursts with thresholds required unknowable a priori knowledge of the time in bursts. We therefore implemented an SVM analysis, and we did not observe changes in burst fraction, rate, or duration with the application of cDBS in the participant data, even though SVM analysis was able to correctly identify bursts of the defined on/off oscillator. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that cDBS of the STN may not change beta burst activity. Additionally, threshold-based analysis can bias the fraction of time spent in bursts. Improved analysis strategies for continuous and adaptive DBS may achieve improved symptom control and reduce side-effects.
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- Stephen L Schmidt
- Biomedical Engineering Department, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Neurobiology and Neurosurgery Departments, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Neurobiology and Neurosurgery Departments, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
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de Cheveigné A. ZapLine: A simple and effective method to remove power line artifacts. Neuroimage 2020; 207:116356. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Quinn AJ, van Ede F, Brookes MJ, Heideman SG, Nowak M, Seedat ZA, Vidaurre D, Zich C, Nobre AC, Woolrich MW. Unpacking Transient Event Dynamics in Electrophysiological Power Spectra. Brain Topogr 2019; 32:1020-1034. [PMID: 31754933 PMCID: PMC6882750 DOI: 10.1007/s10548-019-00745-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Electrophysiological recordings of neuronal activity show spontaneous and task-dependent changes in their frequency-domain power spectra. These changes are conventionally interpreted as modulations in the amplitude of underlying oscillations. However, this overlooks the possibility of underlying transient spectral ‘bursts’ or events whose dynamics can map to changes in trial-average spectral power in numerous ways. Under this emerging perspective, a key challenge is to perform burst detection, i.e. to characterise single-trial transient spectral events, in a principled manner. Here, we describe how transient spectral events can be operationalised and estimated using Hidden Markov Models (HMMs). The HMM overcomes a number of the limitations of the standard amplitude-thresholding approach to burst detection; in that it is able to concurrently detect different types of bursts, each with distinct spectral content, without the need to predefine frequency bands of interest, and does so with less dependence on a priori threshold specification. We describe how the HMM can be used for burst detection and illustrate its benefits on simulated data. Finally, we apply this method to empirical data to detect multiple burst types in a task-MEG dataset, and illustrate how we can compute burst metrics, such as the task-evoked timecourse of burst duration.
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- Andrew J Quinn
- Department of Psychiatry, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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