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Chowdhury NS, Skippen P, Si E, Chiang AKI, Millard SK, Furman AJ, Chen S, Schabrun SM, Seminowicz DA. The reliability of two prospective cortical biomarkers for pain: EEG peak alpha frequency and TMS corticomotor excitability. J Neurosci Methods 2023; 385:109766. [PMID: 36495945 PMCID: PMC9848447 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2022.109766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many pain biomarkers fail to move from discovery to clinical application, attributed to poor reliability and an inability to accurately classify at-risk individuals. Preliminary evidence has shown that high pain sensitivity is associated with slow peak alpha frequency (PAF), and depression of corticomotor excitability (CME), potentially due to impairments in ascending sensory and descending motor pathway signalling respectively NEW METHOD: The present study evaluated the reliability of PAF and CME responses during sustained pain. Specifically, we determined whether, over several days of pain, a) PAF remains stable and b) individuals show two stable and distinct CME responses: facilitation and depression. Participants were given an injection of nerve growth factor (NGF) into the right masseter muscle on Day 0 and Day 2, inducing sustained pain. Electroencephalography (EEG) to assess PAF and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to assess CME were recorded on Day 0, Day 2 and Day 5. RESULTS Using a weighted peak estimate, PAF reliability (n = 75) was in the excellent range even without standard pre-processing and ∼2 min recording length. Using a single peak estimate, PAF reliability was in the moderate-good range. For CME (n = 74), 80% of participants showed facilitation or depression of CME beyond an optimal cut-off point, with the stability of these changes in the good range. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS No study has assessed the reliability of PAF or feasibility of classifying individuals as facilitators/depressors, in response to sustained pain. PAF was reliable even in the presence of pain. The use of a weighted peak estimate for PAF is recommended, as excellent test-retest reliability can be obtained even when using minimal pre-processing and ∼2 min recording. We also showed that 80% of individuals exhibit either facilitation or depression of CME, with these changes being stable across sessions. CONCLUSIONS Our study provides support for the reliability of PAF and CME as prospective cortical biomarkers. As such, our paper adds important methodological advances to the rapidly growing field of pain biomarkers.
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- Nahian S Chowdhury
- Center for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Center for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Center for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Center for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Center for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, USA; Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, University of Maryland Baltimore, USA
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- Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, USA; Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, University of Maryland Baltimore, USA
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- Center for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; School of Physical Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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- Center for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, USA; Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, University of Maryland Baltimore, USA; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Gaugain G, Quéguiner L, Bikson M, Sauleau R, Zhadobov M, Modolo J, Nikolayev D. Quasi-static approximation error of electric field analysis for transcranial current stimulation. J Neural Eng 2023; 20. [PMID: 36621858 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/acb14d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Objective.Numerical modeling of electric fields induced by transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) is currently a part of the standard procedure to predict and understand neural response. Quasi-static approximation (QSA) for electric field calculations is generally applied to reduce the computational cost. Here, we aimed to analyze and quantify the validity of the approximation over a broad frequency range.Approach.We performed electromagnetic modeling studies using an anatomical head model and considered approximations assuming either a purely ohmic medium (i.e. static formulation) or a lossy dielectric medium (QS formulation). The results were compared with the solution of Maxwell's equations in the cases of harmonic and pulsed signals. Finally, we analyzed the effect of electrode positioning on these errors.Main results.Our findings demonstrate that the QSA is valid and produces a relative error below 1% up to 1.43 MHz. The largest error is introduced in the static case, where the error is over 1% across the entire considered spectrum and as high as 20% in the brain at 10 Hz. We also highlight the special importance of considering the capacitive effect of tissues for pulsed waveforms, which prevents signal distortion induced by the purely ohmic approximation. At the neuron level, the results point a difference of sense electric field as high as 22% at focusing point, impacting pyramidal cells firing times.Significance.QSA remains valid in the frequency range currently used for tACS. However, neglecting permittivity (static formulation) introduces significant error for both harmonic and non-harmonic signals. It points out that reliable low frequency dielectric data are needed for accurate transcranial current stimulation numerical modeling.
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- Gabriel Gaugain
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IETR (Institut d'électronique et des technologies du numérique) - UMR 6164, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IETR (Institut d'électronique et des technologies du numérique) - UMR 6164, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of New York, CUNY, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IETR (Institut d'électronique et des technologies du numérique) - UMR 6164, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IETR (Institut d'électronique et des technologies du numérique) - UMR 6164, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, INSERM, LTSI (Laboratoire traitement du signal et de l'image) - U1099, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IETR (Institut d'électronique et des technologies du numérique) - UMR 6164, 35000 Rennes, France
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Extracting a Novel Emotional EEG Topographic Map Based on a Stacked Autoencoder Network. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 2023; 2023:9223599. [PMID: 36714412 PMCID: PMC9879679 DOI: 10.1155/2023/9223599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Emotion recognition based on brain signals has increasingly become attractive to evaluate human's internal emotional states. Conventional emotion recognition studies focus on developing machine learning and classifiers. However, most of these methods do not provide information on the involvement of different areas of the brain in emotions. Brain mapping is considered as one of the most distinguishing methods of showing the involvement of different areas of the brain in performing an activity. Most mapping techniques rely on projection and visualization of only one of the electroencephalogram (EEG) subband features onto brain regions. The present study aims to develop a new EEG-based brain mapping, which combines several features to provide more complete and useful information on a single map instead of common maps. In this study, the optimal combination of EEG features for each channel was extracted using a stacked autoencoder (SAE) network and visualizing a topographic map. Based on the research hypothesis, autoencoders can extract optimal features for quantitative EEG (QEEG) brain mapping. The DEAP EEG database was employed to extract topographic maps. The accuracy of image classifiers using the convolutional neural network (CNN) was used as a criterion for evaluating the distinction of the obtained maps from a stacked autoencoder topographic map (SAETM) method for different emotions. The average classification accuracy was obtained 0.8173 and 0.8037 in the valence and arousal dimensions, respectively. The extracted maps were also ranked by a team of experts compared to common maps. The results of quantitative and qualitative evaluation showed that the obtained map by SAETM has more information than conventional maps.
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Making movies of children's cortical electrical potentials: A practical procedure for dynamic source localization analysis with validating simulation. BRAIN MULTIPHYSICS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brain.2023.100064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Seghier ML. Multiple functions of the angular gyrus at high temporal resolution. Brain Struct Funct 2023; 228:7-46. [PMID: 35674917 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-022-02512-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Here, the functions of the angular gyrus (AG) are evaluated in the light of current evidence from transcranial magnetic/electric stimulation (TMS/TES) and EEG/MEG studies. 65 TMS/TES and 52 EEG/MEG studies were examined in this review. TMS/TES literature points to a causal role in semantic processing, word and number processing, attention and visual search, self-guided movement, memory, and self-processing. EEG/MEG studies reported AG effects at latencies varying between 32 and 800 ms in a wide range of domains, with a high probability to detect an effect at 300-350 ms post-stimulus onset. A three-phase unifying model revolving around the process of sensemaking is then suggested: (1) early AG involvement in defining the current context, within the first 200 ms, with a bias toward the right hemisphere; (2) attention re-orientation and retrieval of relevant information within 200-500 ms; and (3) cross-modal integration at late latencies with a bias toward the left hemisphere. This sensemaking process can favour accuracy (e.g. for word and number processing) or plausibility (e.g. for comprehension and social cognition). Such functions of the AG depend on the status of other connected regions. The much-debated semantic role is also discussed as follows: (1) there is a strong TMS/TES evidence for a causal semantic role, (2) current EEG/MEG evidence is however weak, but (3) the existing arguments against a semantic role for the AG are not strong. Some outstanding questions for future research are proposed. This review recognizes that cracking the role(s) of the AG in cognition is possible only when its exact contributions within the default mode network are teased apart.
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- Mohamed L Seghier
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE. .,Healthcare Engineering Innovation Center (HEIC), Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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Alves CL, Cury RG, Roster K, Pineda AM, Rodrigues FA, Thielemann C, Ciba M. Application of machine learning and complex network measures to an EEG dataset from ayahuasca experiments. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0277257. [PMID: 36525422 PMCID: PMC9757568 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Ayahuasca is a blend of Amazonian plants that has been used for traditional medicine by the inhabitants of this region for hundreds of years. Furthermore, this plant has been demonstrated to be a viable therapy for a variety of neurological and mental diseases. EEG experiments have found specific brain regions that changed significantly due to ayahuasca. Here, we used an EEG dataset to investigate the ability to automatically detect changes in brain activity using machine learning and complex networks. Machine learning was applied at three different levels of data abstraction: (A) the raw EEG time series, (B) the correlation of the EEG time series, and (C) the complex network measures calculated from (B). Further, at the abstraction level of (C), we developed new measures of complex networks relating to community detection. As a result, the machine learning method was able to automatically detect changes in brain activity, with case (B) showing the highest accuracy (92%), followed by (A) (88%) and (C) (83%), indicating that connectivity changes between brain regions are more important for the detection of ayahuasca. The most activated areas were the frontal and temporal lobe, which is consistent with the literature. F3 and PO4 were the most important brain connections, a significant new discovery for psychedelic literature. This connection may point to a cognitive process akin to face recognition in individuals during ayahuasca-mediated visual hallucinations. Furthermore, closeness centrality and assortativity were the most important complex network measures. These two measures are also associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, indicating a possible therapeutic mechanism. Moreover, the new measures were crucial to the predictive model and suggested larger brain communities associated with the use of ayahuasca. This suggests that the dissemination of information in functional brain networks is slower when this drug is present. Overall, our methodology was able to automatically detect changes in brain activity during ayahuasca consumption and interpret how these psychedelics alter brain networks, as well as provide insights into their mechanisms of action.
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- Caroline L. Alves
- BioMEMS Lab, Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences (UAS), Aschaffenburg, Germany
- Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Movement Disorders Center, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- BioMEMS Lab, Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences (UAS), Aschaffenburg, Germany
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- BioMEMS Lab, Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences (UAS), Aschaffenburg, Germany
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Fang T, Wang J, Mu W, Song Z, Zhang X, Zhan G, Wang P, Bin J, Niu L, Zhang L, Kang X. Noninvasive neuroimaging and spatial filter transform enable ultra low delay motor imagery EEG decoding. J Neural Eng 2022; 19. [PMID: 36541542 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/aca82d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Objective.The brain-computer interface (BCI) system based on sensorimotor rhythm can convert the human spirit into instructions for machine control, and it is a new human-computer interaction system with broad applications. However, the spatial resolution of scalp electroencephalogram (EEG) is limited due to the presence of volume conduction effects. Therefore, it is very meaningful to explore intracranial activities in a noninvasive way and improve the spatial resolution of EEG. Meanwhile, low-delay decoding is an essential factor for the development of a real-time BCI system.Approach.In this paper, EEG conduction is modeled by using public head anatomical templates, and cortical EEG is obtained using dynamic parameter statistical mapping. To solve the problem of a large amount of computation caused by the increase in the number of channels, the filter bank common spatial pattern method is used to obtain a spatial filter kernel, which reduces the computational cost of feature extraction to a linear level. And the feature classification and selection of important features are completed using a neural network containing band-spatial-time domain self-attention mechanisms.Main results.The results show that the method proposed in this paper achieves high accuracy for the four types of motor imagery EEG classification tasks, with fairly low latency and high physiological interpretability.Significance.The proposed decoding framework facilitates the realization of low-latency human-computer interaction systems.
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- Tao Fang
- Laboratory for Neural Interface and Brain Computer Interface, Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute of AI & Robotics, Institute of Meta-Medical, Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for Neural Interface and Brain Computer Interface, Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute of AI & Robotics, Institute of Meta-Medical, Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for Neural Interface and Brain Computer Interface, Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute of AI & Robotics, Institute of Meta-Medical, Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for Neural Interface and Brain Computer Interface, Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute of AI & Robotics, Institute of Meta-Medical, Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for Neural Interface and Brain Computer Interface, Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute of AI & Robotics, Institute of Meta-Medical, Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for Neural Interface and Brain Computer Interface, Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute of AI & Robotics, Institute of Meta-Medical, Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for Neural Interface and Brain Computer Interface, Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute of AI & Robotics, Institute of Meta-Medical, Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Ji Hua Laboratory, Foshan, People's Republic of China
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- Ji Hua Laboratory, Foshan, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for Neural Interface and Brain Computer Interface, Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute of AI & Robotics, Institute of Meta-Medical, Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.,Ji Hua Laboratory, Foshan, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for Neural Interface and Brain Computer Interface, Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute of AI & Robotics, Institute of Meta-Medical, Academy for Engineering & Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.,Ji Hua Laboratory, Foshan, People's Republic of China.,Yiwu Research Institute of Fudan University, Yiwu City, People's Republic of China.,Research Center for Intelligent Sensing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Alhajri N, Boudreau SA, Graven-Nielsen T. Decreased Default Mode Network Connectivity Following 24 Hours of Capsaicin-induced Pain Persists During Immediate Pain Relief and Facilitation. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2022; 24:796-811. [PMID: 36521671 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Prolonged experimental pain models can help assess cortical mechanisms underlying the transition from acute to chronic pain such as resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC), especially in early stages. This crossover study determined the effects of 24-hour-capsaicin-induced pain on the default mode network rsFC, a major network in the dynamic pain connectome. Electroencephalographic rsFC measured by Granger causality was acquired from 24 healthy volunteers (12 women) at baseline, 1hour, and 24hours following the application of a control or capsaicin patch on the right forearm. The control patch was received maximum 1 week before the capsaicin patch. Following 24hours, the patch was cooled and later heated to assess rsFC changes in response to pain relief and facilitation, respectively. Compared to baseline, decreased rsFC at alpha oscillations (8-10Hz) was found following 1hour and 24hours of capsaicin application for connections projecting from medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and right angular gyrus (rAG) but not left angular gyrus (lAG) or posterior cingulate cortex (PCC): mPFC-PCC (1hour:P < .001, 24hours:P = .002), mPFC-rAG (1hour:P < .001, 24hours:P = .001), rAG-mPFC (1hour:P < .001, 24hours:P = .001), rAG-PCC (1hour:P < .001, 24hours:P = .004). Comparable decreased rsFC following 1hour and 24hours (P≤0.008) was found at beta oscillations, however, decreased projections from PCC were also found: PCC-rAG (P≤0.005) and PCC-lAG (P≤0.006). Pain NRS scores following 24hours (3.7±0.4) was reduced by cooling (0.3±0.1, P = .004) and increased by heating (4.8±0.6, P = .016). However, neither cooling nor heating altered rsFC. This study shows that 24hours of experimental pain induces a robust decrease in DMN connectivity that persists during pain relief or facilitation suggesting a possible shift to attentional and emotional processing in persistent pain. PERSPECTIVE: This article shows decreased DMN connectivity that might reflect possible attentional and emotional changes during acute and prolonged pain. Understanding these changes could potentially help clinicians in developing therapeutic methods that can better target these attentional and emotional processes before developing into more persistent states.
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- Najah Alhajri
- Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
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Bo J, Acluche F, Lasutschinkow PC, Augustiniak A, Ditchfield N, Lajiness-O'Neill R. Motor networks in children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review on EEG studies. Exp Brain Res 2022; 240:3073-3087. [PMID: 36260095 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-022-06483-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Motor disturbance and altered motor networks are commonly reported in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It has been suggested that electroencephalogram (EEG) can be used to provide exquisite temporal resolution for understanding motor control processes in ASD. However, the variability of study design and EEG approaches can impact our interpretation. Here, we conducted a systematic review on recent 11 EEG studies that involve motor observation and/or execution tasks and evaluated how these findings help us understand motor difficulties in ASD. Three behavior paradigms with different EEG analytic methods were demonstrated. The main findings were quite mixed: children with ASD did not always show disrupted neuronal activity during motor observation. Additionally, they might have intact ability for movement execution but have more difficulties in neuronal modulation during movement preparation. We would like to promote discussions on how methodological selections of behavioral tasks and data analytic approaches impact our interpretation of motor deficits in ASD. Future EEG research addressing the inconsistency across methodological approaches is necessary to help us understand neurophysiological mechanism of motor abnormalities in ASD.
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- Jin Bo
- Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, 341 MJ Science Building, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, USA. .,Neuroscience Program, Eastern Michigan University, 341 MJ Science Building, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, 341 MJ Science Building, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, 341 MJ Science Building, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, 341 MJ Science Building, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, 341 MJ Science Building, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, 341 MJ Science Building, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, USA.,Neuroscience Program, Eastern Michigan University, 341 MJ Science Building, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, USA
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Wang Z, Liu Z, Chen L, Liu S, Xu M, He F, Ming D. Resting-state electroencephalogram microstate to evaluate post-stroke rehabilitation and associate with clinical scales. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:1032696. [PMID: 36466159 PMCID: PMC9715736 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1032696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Stroke is usually accompanied by a range of complications, like post-stroke motor disorders. So far, its evaluation of motor function is developed on clinical scales, such as Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), etc. These scale results from behavior and kinematic assessment are inevitably influenced by subjective factors, like the experience of patients and doctors, lacking neurological correlations and evidence. METHODS This paper applied a microstate model based on modified k-means clustering to analyze 64-channel electroencephalogram (EEG) from 12 stroke patients and 12 healthy volunteers, respectively, to explore the feasibility of applying microstate analysis to stroke patients. We aimed at finding some possible differences between stroke and healthy individuals in resting-state EEG microstate features. We further explored the correlations between EEG microstate features and scales within the stroke group. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION By statistical analysis, we obtained significant differences in EEG microstate features between the stroke and healthy groups and significant correlations between microstate features and scales within the stroke group. These results might provide some neurological evidence and correlations in the perspective of EEG microstate analysis for post-stroke rehabilitation and evaluation of motor disorders. Our work suggests that microstate analysis of resting-state EEG is a promising method to assist clinical and assessment applications.
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- Zhongpeng Wang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin International Joint Research Center for Neural Engineering, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin International Joint Research Center for Neural Engineering, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin International Joint Research Center for Neural Engineering, Tianjin, China
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Kahya M, Gouskova NA, Lo OY, Zhou J, Cappon D, Finnerty E, Pascual-Leone A, Lipsitz LA, Hausdorff JM, Manor B. Brain activity during dual-task standing in older adults. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2022; 19:123. [PMID: 36369027 PMCID: PMC9652829 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-022-01095-3] [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: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background In older adults, the extent to which performing a cognitive task when standing diminishes postural control is predictive of future falls and cognitive decline. The neurophysiology of such “dual-tasking” and its effect on postural control (i.e., dual-task cost) in older adults are poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to use electroencephalography (EEG) to examine the effects of dual-tasking when standing on brain activity in older adults. We hypothesized that compared to single-task “quiet” standing, dual-task standing would decrease alpha power, which has been linked to decreased motor inhibition, as well as increase the ratio of theta to beta power, which has been linked to increased attentional control. Methods Thirty older adults without overt disease completed four separate visits. Postural sway together with EEG (32-channels) were recorded during trials of standing with and without a concurrent verbalized serial subtraction dual-task. Postural control was measured by average sway area, velocity, and path length. EEG metrics included absolute alpha-, theta-, and beta-band powers as well as theta/beta power ratio, within six demarcated regions-of-interest: the left and right anterior, central, and posterior regions of the brain. Results Most EEG metrics demonstrated moderate-to-high between-day test–retest reliability (intra-class correlation coefficients > 0.70). Compared with quiet standing, dual-tasking decreased alpha-band power particularly in the central regions bilaterally (p = 0.002) and increased theta/beta power ratio in the anterior regions bilaterally (p < 0.001). A greater increase in theta/beta ratio from quiet standing to dual-tasking in numerous demarcated brain regions correlated with greater dual-task cost (i.e., absolute increase, indicative of worse performance) to postural sway metrics (r = 0.45–0.56, p < 0.01). Lastly, participants who exhibited greater alpha power during dual-tasking in the anterior-right (r = 0.52, p < 0.01) and central-right (r = 0.48, p < 0.01) regions had greater postural sway velocity during dual-tasking. Conclusion In healthy older adults, alpha power and theta/beta power ratio change with dual-task standing. The change in theta/beta power ratio in particular may be related to the ability to regulate standing postural control when simultaneously performing unrelated, attention-demanding cognitive tasks. Modulation of brain oscillatory activity might therefore be a novel target to minimize dual-task cost in older adults.
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Li Q, Coulson Theodorsen M, Konvalinka I, Eskelund K, Karstoft KI, Bo Andersen S, Andersen TS. Resting-state EEG functional connectivity predicts post-traumatic stress disorder subtypes in veterans. J Neural Eng 2022; 19. [PMID: 36250685 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac9aaf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Objective. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly heterogeneous, and identification of quantifiable biomarkers that could pave the way for targeted treatment remains a challenge. Most previous electroencephalography (EEG) studies on PTSD have been limited to specific handpicked features, and their findings have been highly variable and inconsistent. Therefore, to disentangle the role of promising EEG biomarkers, we developed a machine learning framework to investigate a wide range of commonly used EEG biomarkers in order to identify which features or combinations of features are capable of characterizing PTSD and potential subtypes.Approach. We recorded 5 min of eyes-closed and 5 min of eyes-open resting-state EEG from 202 combat-exposed veterans (53% with probable PTSD and 47% combat-exposed controls). Multiple spectral, temporal, and connectivity features were computed and logistic regression, random forest, and support vector machines with feature selection methods were employed to classify PTSD. To obtain robust results, we performed repeated two-layer cross-validation to test on an entirely unseen test set.Main results. Our classifiers obtained a balanced test accuracy of up to 62.9% for predicting PTSD patients. In addition, we identified two subtypes within PTSD: one where EEG patterns were similar to those of the combat-exposed controls, and another that were characterized by increased global functional connectivity. Our classifier obtained a balanced test accuracy of 79.4% when classifying this PTSD subtype from controls, a clear improvement compared to predicting the whole PTSD group. Interestingly, alpha connectivity in the dorsal and ventral attention network was particularly important for the prediction, and these connections were positively correlated with arousal symptom scores, a central symptom cluster of PTSD.Significance. Taken together, the novel framework presented here demonstrates how unsupervised subtyping can delineate heterogeneity and improve machine learning prediction of PTSD, and may pave the way for better identification of quantifiable biomarkers.
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- Qianliang Li
- Section for Cognitive Systems, DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Section for Cognitive Systems, DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.,Department of Military Psychology, Danish Veteran Centre, Danish Defence, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Research and Knowledge Centre, Danish Veteran Centre, Danish Defence, Ringsted, Denmark
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- Section for Cognitive Systems, DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Military Psychology, Danish Veteran Centre, Danish Defence, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Research and Knowledge Centre, Danish Veteran Centre, Danish Defence, Ringsted, Denmark
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- Research and Knowledge Centre, Danish Veteran Centre, Danish Defence, Ringsted, Denmark.,Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Research and Knowledge Centre, Danish Veteran Centre, Danish Defence, Ringsted, Denmark
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- Section for Cognitive Systems, DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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From mechanisms to markers: novel noninvasive EEG proxy markers of the neural excitation and inhibition system in humans. Transl Psychiatry 2022; 12:467. [PMID: 36344497 PMCID: PMC9640647 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-02218-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Brain function is a product of the balance between excitatory and inhibitory (E/I) brain activity. Variation in the regulation of this activity is thought to give rise to normal variation in human traits, and disruptions are thought to potentially underlie a spectrum of neuropsychiatric conditions (e.g., Autism, Schizophrenia, Downs' Syndrome, intellectual disability). Hypotheses related to E/I dysfunction have the potential to provide cross-diagnostic explanations and to combine genetic and neurological evidence that exists within and between psychiatric conditions. However, the hypothesis has been difficult to test because: (1) it lacks specificity-an E/I dysfunction could pertain to any level in the neural system- neurotransmitters, single neurons/receptors, local networks of neurons, or global brain balance - most researchers do not define the level at which they are examining E/I function; (2) We lack validated methods for assessing E/I function at any of these neural levels in humans. As a result, it has not been possible to reliably or robustly test the E/I hypothesis of psychiatric disorders in a large cohort or longitudinal patient studies. Currently available, in vivo markers of E/I in humans either carry significant risks (e.g., deep brain electrode recordings or using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) with radioactive tracers) and/or are highly restrictive (e.g., limited spatial extent for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS). More recently, a range of novel Electroencephalography (EEG) features has been described, which could serve as proxy markers for E/I at a given level of inference. Thus, in this perspective review, we survey the theories and experimental evidence underlying 6 novel EEG markers and their biological underpinnings at a specific neural level. These cheap-to-record and scalable proxy markers may offer clinical utility for identifying subgroups within and between diagnostic categories, thus directing more tailored sub-grouping and, therefore, treatment strategies. However, we argue that studies in clinical populations are premature. To maximize the potential of prospective EEG markers, we first need to understand the link between underlying E/I mechanisms and measurement techniques.
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Altered functional connectivity: A possible reason for reduced performance during visual cognition involving scene incongruence and negative affect. IBRO Neurosci Rep 2022; 13:533-542. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2022.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Progresses of animal robots: A historical review and perspectiveness. Heliyon 2022; 8:e11499. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Lee HS, Schreiner L, Jo SH, Sieghartsleitner S, Jordan M, Pretl H, Guger C, Park HS. Individual finger movement decoding using a novel ultra-high-density electroencephalography-based brain-computer interface system. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:1009878. [PMID: 36340769 PMCID: PMC9627315 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1009878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology enables users to operate external devices without physical movement. Electroencephalography (EEG) based BCI systems are being actively studied due to their high temporal resolution, convenient usage, and portability. However, fewer studies have been conducted to investigate the impact of high spatial resolution of EEG on decoding precise body motions, such as finger movements, which are essential in activities of daily living. Low spatial sensor resolution, as found in common EEG systems, can be improved by omitting the conventional standard of EEG electrode distribution (the international 10-20 system) and ordinary mounting structures (e.g., flexible caps). In this study, we used newly proposed flexible electrode grids attached directly to the scalp, which provided ultra-high-density EEG (uHD EEG). We explored the performance of the novel system by decoding individual finger movements using a total of 256 channels distributed over the contralateral sensorimotor cortex. Dense distribution and small-sized electrodes result in an inter-electrode distance of 8.6 mm (uHD EEG), while that of conventional EEG is 60 to 65 mm on average. Five healthy subjects participated in the experiment, performed single finger extensions according to a visual cue, and received avatar feedback. This study exploits mu (8-12 Hz) and beta (13-25 Hz) band power features for classification and topography plots. 3D ERD/S activation plots for each frequency band were generated using the MNI-152 template head. A linear support vector machine (SVM) was used for pairwise finger classification. The topography plots showed regular and focal post-cue activation, especially in subjects with optimal signal quality. The average classification accuracy over subjects was 64.8 (6.3)%, with the middle versus ring finger resulting in the highest average accuracy of 70.6 (9.4)%. Further studies are required using the uHD EEG system with real-time feedback and motor imagery tasks to enhance classification performance and establish the basis for BCI finger movement control of external devices.
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- Hyemin S. Lee
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
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- g.tec Medical Engineering GmbH, Schiedlberg, Upper Austria, Austria
- Institute for Integrated Circuits, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
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- g.tec Medical Engineering GmbH, Schiedlberg, Upper Austria, Austria
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- Institute for Integrated Circuits, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
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- g.tec Medical Engineering GmbH, Schiedlberg, Upper Austria, Austria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
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Ignatiadis K, Barumerli R, Tóth B, Baumgartner R. Effects of individualized brain anatomies and EEG electrode positions on inferred activity of the primary auditory cortex. Front Neuroinform 2022; 16:970372. [DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2022.970372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Due to its high temporal resolution and non-invasive nature, electroencephalography (EEG) is considered a method of great value for the field of auditory cognitive neuroscience. In performing source space analyses, localization accuracy poses a bottleneck, which precise forward models based on individualized attributes such as subject anatomy or electrode locations aim to overcome. Yet acquiring anatomical images or localizing EEG electrodes requires significant additional funds and processing time, making it an oftentimes inaccessible asset. Neuroscientific software offers template solutions, on which analyses can be based. For localizing the source of auditory evoked responses, we here compared the results of employing such template anatomies and electrode positions versus the subject-specific ones, as well as combinations of the two. All considered cases represented approaches commonly used in electrophysiological studies. We considered differences between two commonly used inverse solutions (dSPM, sLORETA) and targeted the primary auditory cortex; a notoriously small cortical region that is located within the lateral sulcus, thus particularly prone to errors in localization. Through systematical comparison of early evoked component metrics and spatial leakage, we assessed how the individualization steps impacted the analyses outcomes. Both electrode locations as well as subject anatomies were found to have an effect, which though varied based on the configuration considered. When comparing the inverse solutions, we moreover found that dSPM more consistently benefited from individualization of subject morphologies compared to sLORETA, suggesting it to be the better choice for auditory cortex localization.
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Menéndez Granda M, Iannotti GR, Darqué A, Ptak R. Does mental rotation emulate motor processes? An electrophysiological study of objects and body parts. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:983137. [PMID: 36304589 PMCID: PMC9592819 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.983137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Several arguments suggest that motor planning may share embodied neural mechanisms with mental rotation (MR). However, it is not well established whether this overlap occurs regardless of the type of stimulus that is manipulated, in particular manipulable or non-manipulable objects and body parts. We here used high-density electroencephalography (EEG) to examine the cognitive similarity between MR of objects that do not afford specific hand actions (chairs) and bodily stimuli (hands). Participants had identical response options for both types of stimuli, and they gave responses orally in order to prevent possible interference with motor imagery. MR of hands and chairs generated very similar behavioral responses, time-courses and neural sources of evoked-response potentials (ERPs). ERP segmentation analysis revealed distinct time windows during which differential effects of stimulus type and angular disparity were observed. An early period (90-160 ms) differentiated only between stimulus types, and was associated with occipito-temporal activity. A later period (290-330 ms) revealed strong effects of angular disparity, associated with electrical sources in the right angular gyrus and primary motor/somatosensory cortex. These data suggest that spatial transformation processes and motor planning are recruited simultaneously, supporting the involvement of motor emulation processes in MR.
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- Marta Menéndez Granda
- Laboratory of Cognitive Neurorehabilitation, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cognitive Neurorehabilitation, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Swiss Foundation for Innovation and Training in Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cognitive Neurorehabilitation, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cognitive Neurorehabilitation, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Division of Neurorehabilitation, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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The pro-inflammatory factors contribute to the EEG microstate abnormalities in patients with major depressive disorder. Brain Behav Immun Health 2022; 26:100523. [PMID: 36267834 PMCID: PMC9576533 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100523] [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: 05/28/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pro-inflammatory factors may be associated with abnormalities in functional brain networks, which may be a mechanism in the pathogenesis of major depressive disorder (MDD). Electroencephalogram (EEG) microstates reflect the functioning of brain networks. However, the relationship between pro-inflammatory factors and the microstate abnormalities in patients with MDD is poorly understood. 24 MDD patients and 24 age-and sex-matched healthy controls (HC) were recruited. Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale(MADRS) were assessed. Serum (interleukin- 2(IL- 2), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and hs-C-reactive protein (CRP)and EEG data were collected. K-means clustering was performed to characterize different microstates. For each microstate, duration, occurrence and coverage were estimated. Four microstates (e.g. A, B, C, D) were characterized, MDD group showed lower duration, occurrence and coverage of microstate B and microstate D, while higher duration of microstate A and microstate C and levels of IL-2, TNF-α, hs-CRP than HC group. The duration, occurrence and coverage of microstate D were negatively correlated with levels of pro-inflammatory factors (IL-2, TNF- α and hs- CRP) (all P < 0.05). Serum pro-inflammatory induced the abnormalities of microstate D. Together, these findings add to the understanding of the pathophysiology of MDD and point to pro-inflammatory factors contribute to EEG microstate abnormalities in patients with MDD.
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Fomins A, Sych Y, Helmchen F. Conservative significance testing of tripartite statistical relations in multivariate neural data. Netw Neurosci 2022; 6:1243-1274. [PMID: 38800452 PMCID: PMC11117094 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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An important goal in systems neuroscience is to understand the structure of neuronal interactions, frequently approached by studying functional relations between recorded neuronal signals. Commonly used pairwise measures (e.g., correlation coefficient) offer limited insight, neither addressing the specificity of estimated neuronal interactions nor potential synergistic coupling between neuronal signals. Tripartite measures, such as partial correlation, variance partitioning, and partial information decomposition, address these questions by disentangling functional relations into interpretable information atoms (unique, redundant, and synergistic). Here, we apply these tripartite measures to simulated neuronal recordings to investigate their sensitivity to noise. We find that the considered measures are mostly accurate and specific for signals with noiseless sources but experience significant bias for noisy sources.We show that permutation testing of such measures results in high false positive rates even for small noise fractions and large data sizes. We present a conservative null hypothesis for significance testing of tripartite measures, which significantly decreases false positive rate at a tolerable expense of increasing false negative rate. We hope our study raises awareness about the potential pitfalls of significance testing and of interpretation of functional relations, offering both conceptual and practical advice.
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- Aleksejs Fomins
- Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Experimental Neurology Center, Department of Neurology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Present address: Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, University of Strasbourg and CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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Bagdasarov A, Roberts K, Bréchet L, Brunet D, Michel CM, Gaffrey MS. Spatiotemporal dynamics of EEG microstates in four- to eight-year-old children: Age- and sex-related effects. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2022; 57:101134. [PMID: 35863172 PMCID: PMC9301511 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The ultrafast spatiotemporal dynamics of large-scale neural networks can be examined using resting-state electroencephalography (EEG) microstates, representing transient periods of synchronized neural activity that evolve dynamically over time. In adults, four canonical microstates have been shown to explain most topographic variance in resting-state EEG. Their temporal structures are age-, sex- and state-dependent, and are susceptible to pathological brain states. However, no studies have assessed the spatial and temporal properties of EEG microstates exclusively during early childhood, a critical period of rapid brain development. Here we sought to investigate EEG microstates recorded with high-density EEG in a large sample of 103, 4-8-year-old children. Using data-driven k-means cluster analysis, we show that the four canonical microstates reported in adult populations already exist in early childhood. Using multiple linear regressions, we demonstrate that the temporal dynamics of two microstates are associated with age and sex. Source localization suggests that attention- and cognitive control-related networks govern the topographies of the age- and sex-dependent microstates. These novel findings provide unique insights into functional brain development in children captured with EEG microstates.
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- Armen Bagdasarov
- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University, Reuben-Cooke Building, 417 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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- Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, 308 Research Drive, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, 9 Chemin des Mines, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, 9 Chemin des Mines, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland; Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) Lausanne, EPFL AVP CP CIBM Station 6, 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, 9 Chemin des Mines, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland; Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) Lausanne, EPFL AVP CP CIBM Station 6, 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University, Reuben-Cooke Building, 417 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Attar ET. Review of electroencephalography signals approaches for mental stress assessment. NEUROSCIENCES (RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA) 2022; 27:209-215. [PMID: 36252972 PMCID: PMC9749579 DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2022.4.20220025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The innovation of electroencephalography (EEG) more than a century ago supports the technique to assess brain structure and function in clinical health and research applications. The EEG signals were identified on their frequency ranges as delta (from 0.5 to 4 Hz), theta (from 4 to 7 Hz), alpha (from 8 to 12 Hz), beta (from 16 to 31 Hz), and gamma (from 36 to 90 Hz). Stress is a sense of emotional tension caused by several life events. For example, worrying about something, being under pressure, and facing significant challenges are causes of stress. The human body is affected by stress in various ways. It promotes inflammation, which affects cardiac health. The autonomic nervous system is activated during mental stress. Posttraumatic stress disorder and Alzheimer's disease are common brain stress disorders. Several methods have been used previously to identify stress, for instance, magnetic resonance imaging, single-photon emission computed tomography and EEG. The EEG identifies the electrical activity in the human brain by applying small electrodes positioned on the scalp of the brain. It is a useful non-invasive method and collects feedback from stress hormones. In addition, it can serve as a reliable tool for measuring stress. Furthermore, evaluating human stress in real-time is complicated and challenging. This review demonstrates the power of frequency bands for mental stress and the behaviors of frequency bands based on medical and research experiencebands based on medical and research experience.
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- Eyad T. Attar
- From the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, kingdom of Saudi Arabia,Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Eyad T. Attar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1898-854X
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Patient-specific solution of the electrocorticography forward problem in deforming brain. Neuroimage 2022; 263:119649. [PMID: 36167268 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Invasive intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG), or electrocorticography (ECoG), measures electric potential directly on the surface of the brain and can be used to inform treatment planning for epilepsy surgery. Combined with numerical modeling it can further improve accuracy of epilepsy surgery planning. Accurate solution of the iEEG forward problem, which is a crucial prerequisite for solving the iEEG inverse problemin epilepsy seizure onset zone localization, requires accurate representation of the patient's brain geometry and tissue electrical conductivity after implantation of electrodes. However, implantation of subdural grid electrodes causes the brain to deform, which invalidates preoperatively acquired image data. Moreover, postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is incompatible with implanted electrodes and computed tomography (CT) has insufficient range of soft tissue contrast, which precludes both MRI and CT from being used to obtain the deformed postoperative geometry. In this paper, we present a biomechanics-based image warping procedure using preoperative MRI for tissue classification and postoperative CT for locating implanted electrodes to perform non-rigid registration of the preoperative image data to the postoperative configuration. We solve the iEEG forward problem on the predicted postoperative geometry using the finite element method (FEM) which accounts for patient-specific inhomogeneity and anisotropy of tissue conductivity. Results for the simulation of a current source in the brain show large differences in electric potential predicted by the models based on the original images and the deformed images corresponding to the brain geometry deformed by placement of invasive electrodes. Computation of the lead field matrix (useful for solution of the iEEG inverse problem) also showed significant differences between the different models. The results suggest that rapid and accurate solution of the forward problem in a deformed brain for a given patient is achievable.
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Mattioli P, Cleeren E, Hadady L, Cossu A, Cloppenborg T, Arnaldi D, Beniczky S. Electric Source Imaging in Presurgical Evaluation of Epilepsy: An Inter-Analyser Agreement Study. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12102303. [PMID: 36291992 PMCID: PMC9601236 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12102303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Electric source imaging (ESI) estimates the cortical generator of the electroencephalography (EEG) signals recorded with scalp electrodes. ESI has gained increasing interest for the presurgical evaluation of patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy. In spite of a standardised analysis pipeline, several aspects tailored to the individual patient involve subjective decisions of the expert performing the analysis, such as the selection of the analysed signals (interictal epileptiform discharges and seizures, identification of the onset epoch and time-point of the analysis). Our goal was to investigate the inter-analyser agreement of ESI in presurgical evaluations of epilepsy, using the same software and analysis pipeline. Six experts, of whom five had no previous experience in ESI, independently performed interictal and ictal ESI of 25 consecutive patients (17 temporal, 8 extratemporal) who underwent presurgical evaluation. The overall agreement among experts for the ESI methods was substantial (AC1 = 0.65; 95% CI: 0.59–0.71), and there was no significant difference between the methods. Our results suggest that using a standardised analysis pipeline, newly trained experts reach similar ESI solutions, calling for more standardisation in this emerging clinical application in neuroimaging.
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- Pietro Mattioli
- Department of Neuroscience (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
- Danish Epilepsy Center, 4293 Dianalund, Denmark
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- Danish Epilepsy Center, 4293 Dianalund, Denmark
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Danish Epilepsy Center, 4293 Dianalund, Denmark
- Department of Neurology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- Danish Epilepsy Center, 4293 Dianalund, Denmark
- Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, 37126 Verona, Italy
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- Department of Epileptology, Krankenhaus Mara, Medical School, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS San Martino Hospital, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Danish Epilepsy Center, 4293 Dianalund, Denmark
- Department of Neurology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +45-26-981536
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Kuruvilla-Mathew A, Thorne PR, Purdy SC. Effects of aging on neural processing during an active listening task. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0273304. [PMID: 36070253 PMCID: PMC9451064 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Factors affecting successful listening in older adults and the corresponding electrophysiological signatures are not well understood. The present study investigated age-related differences in attention and temporal processing, as well as differences in the neural activity related to signal degradation during a number comparison task. Participants listened to digits presented in background babble and were tested at two levels of signal clarity, clear and degraded. Behavioral and electrophysiological measures were examined in 30 older and 20 younger neurologically-healthy adults. Relationships between performance on the number comparison task, behavioral measures, and neural activity were used to determine correlates of listening deficits associated with aging. While older participants showed poorer performance overall on all behavioral measures, their scores on the number comparison task were largely predicted (based on regression analyses) by their sensitivity to temporal fine structure cues. Compared to younger participants, older participants required higher signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) to achieve equivalent performance on the number comparison task. With increasing listening demands, age-related changes were observed in neural processing represented by the early-N1 and later-P3 time windows. Source localization analyses revealed age differences in source activity for the degraded listening condition that was located in the left prefrontal cortex. In addition, this source activity negatively correlated with task performance in the older group. Together, these results suggest that older adults exhibit reallocation of processing resources to complete a demanding listening task. However, this effect was evident only for poorer performing older adults who showed greater posterior to anterior shift in P3 response amplitudes than older adults who were good performers and younger adults. These findings might reflect less efficient recruitment of neural resources that is associated with aging during effortful listening performance.
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- Abin Kuruvilla-Mathew
- Speech Science, School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Eisdell Moore Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Eisdell Moore Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Faculty of Medical and Health Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Brain Research New Zealand, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Speech Science, School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Eisdell Moore Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Brain Research New Zealand, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Mancini V, Rochas V, Seeber M, Grent-'t-Jong T, Rihs TA, Latrèche C, Uhlhaas PJ, Michel CM, Eliez S. Oscillatory Neural Signatures of Visual Perception Across Developmental Stages in Individuals With 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. Biol Psychiatry 2022; 92:407-418. [PMID: 35550793 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.02.961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Numerous behavioral studies have highlighted the contribution of visual perceptual deficits to the nonverbal cognitive profile of individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. However, the neurobiological processes underlying these widespread behavioral alterations are yet to be fully understood. Thus, in this paper, we investigated the role of neural oscillations toward visuoperceptual deficits to elucidate the neurobiology of sensory impairments in deletion carriers. METHODS We acquired 125 high-density electroencephalography recordings during a visual grating task in a group of 62 deletion carriers and 63 control subjects. Stimulus-elicited oscillatory responses were analyzed with 1) time-frequency analysis using wavelets decomposition at sensor and source level, 2) intertrial phase coherence, and 3) Granger causality connectivity in source space. Additional analyses examined the development of neural oscillations across age bins. RESULTS Deletion carriers had decreased theta-band (4-8 Hz) and gamma-band (58-68 Hz) spectral power compared with control subjects in response to the visual stimuli, with an absence of age-related increase of theta- and gamma-band responses. Moreover, adult deletion carriers had decreased gamma- and theta-band responses but increased alpha/beta desynchronization (10-25 Hz) that correlated with behavioral performance. Granger causality estimates reflected an increased frontal-occipital connectivity in the beta range (22-40 Hz). CONCLUSIONS Deletion carriers exhibited decreased theta- and gamma-band responses to visual stimuli, while alpha/beta desynchronization was preserved. Overall, the lack of age-related changes in deletion carriers implicates developmental impairments in circuit mechanisms underlying neural oscillations. The dissociation between the maturation of theta/gamma- and alpha/beta-band responses may indicate a selective impairment in supragranular cortical layers, leading to compensatory top-down connectivity.
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- Valentina Mancini
- Developmental Imaging and Psychopathology Laboratory, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Human Neuroscience Platform, Fondation Campus Biotech Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Developmental Imaging and Psychopathology Laboratory, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Center for Biomedical Imaging, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Developmental Imaging and Psychopathology Laboratory, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Kumari R, Jarjees M, Susnoschi-Luca I, Purcell M, Vučković A. Effective Connectivity in Spinal Cord Injury-Induced Neuropathic Pain. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:6337. [PMID: 36080805 PMCID: PMC9460641 DOI: 10.3390/s22176337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Revised: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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AIM The aim of this study was to differentiate the effects of spinal cord injury (SCI) and central neuropathic pain (CNP) on effective connectivity during motor imagery of legs, where CNP is typically experienced. METHODS Multichannel EEG was recorded during motor imagery of the legs in 3 groups of people: able-bodied (N = 10), SCI with existing CNP (N = 10), and SCI with no CNP (N = 20). The last group was followed up for 6 months to check for the onset of CNP. Source reconstruction was performed to obtain cortical activity in 17 areas spanning sensorimotor regions and pain matrix. Effective connectivity was calculated using the directed transfer function in 4 frequency bands and compared between groups. RESULTS A total of 50% of the SCI group with no CNP developed CNP later. Statistically significant differences in effective connectivity were found between all groups. The differences between groups were not dependent on the frequency band. Outflows from the supplementary motor area were greater for the able-bodied group while the outflows from the secondary somatosensory cortex were greater for the SCI groups. The group with existing CNP showed the least differences from the able-bodied group, appearing to reverse the effects of SCI. The connectivities involving the pain matrix were different between able-bodied and SCI groups irrespective of CNP status, indicating their involvement in motor networks generally. SIGNIFICANCE The study findings might help guide therapeutic interventions targeted at the brain for CNP alleviation as well as motor recovery post SCI.
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- Radha Kumari
- Biomedical Engineering Research Division, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Biomedical Engineering Research Division, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
- Medical Instrumentation Techniques Engineering Department, Northern Technical University, Mosul 41002, Iraq
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- Biomedical Engineering Research Division, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK
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- Biomedical Engineering Research Division, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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Tautvydaitė D, Adam-Darqué A, Andryszak P, Poitrine L, Ptak R, Frisoni GB, Schnider A. Deficient Novelty Detection and Encoding in Early Alzheimer’s Disease: An ERP Study. Brain Topogr 2022; 35:667-679. [DOI: 10.1007/s10548-022-00908-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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AbstractPatients with early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have difficulty in learning new information and in detecting novel stimuli. The underlying physiological mechanisms are not well known. We investigated the electrophysiological correlates of the early (< 400 ms), automatic phase of novelty detection and encoding in AD. We used high-density EEG Queryin patients with early AD and healthy age-matched controls who performed a continuous recognition task (CRT) involving new stimuli (New), thought to provoke novelty detection and encoding, which were then repeated up to 4 consecutive times to produce over-familiarity with the stimuli. Stimuli then reappeared after 9–15 intervening items (N-back) to be re-encoded. AD patients had substantial difficulty in detecting novel stimuli and recognizing repeated ones. Main evoked potential differences between repeated and new stimuli emerged at 180–260 ms: neural source estimations in controls revealed more extended MTL activation for N-back stimuli and anterior temporal lobe activations for New stimuli compared to highly familiar repetitions. In contrast, AD patients exhibited no activation differences between the three stimulus types. In direct comparison, healthy subjects had significantly stronger MTL activation in response to New and N-back stimuli than AD patients. These results point to abnormally weak early MTL activity as a correlate of deficient novelty detection and encoding in early AD.
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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. How is cognitive task behavior generated by brain network interactions? This study describes a novel network modeling approach and applies it to source electroencephalography data. The model accurately predicts future information dynamics underlying behavior and (via simulated lesioning) suggests a role for cognitive control networks as key drivers of response information flow.
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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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Massullo C, Bersani FS, Carbone GA, Panno A, Farina B, Murillo-Rodríguez E, Yamamoto T, Machado S, Budde H, Imperatori C. Decreased Resting State Inter- and Intra-Network Functional Connectivity Is Associated with Perceived Stress in a Sample of University Students: An eLORETA Study. Neuropsychobiology 2022; 81:286-295. [PMID: 35130552 DOI: 10.1159/000521565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Although the study of the Triple Network (TN) model has gained attention in the exploration of stress-related processes, the neurophysiological mechanisms of TN in relation to perceived stress have been relatively understudied in nonclinical samples so far. The main objective of the present study was to investigate, in a sample of university students, the association of perceived stress with resting state electroencephalography (EEG) functional connectivity in the TN. METHODS Ninety university students (40 males and 50 females; mean age 22.30 ± 2.43 years; mean educational level 16.60 ± 1.62 years) were enrolled. EEG data were analyzed through the exact low-resolution electromagnetic tomography (eLORETA). RESULTS Higher levels of perceived stress were associated with decreased delta EEG connectivity within the central executive network (CEN) and between the CEN and the salience network (SN). Higher levels of perceived stress were also associated with decreased theta EEG connectivity between the CEN and the SN. The associations between perceived stress and EEG connectivity data were significant even when relevant confounding factors (i.e., sex, age, educational level, and psychopathological symptoms) were controlled for. DISCUSSION Taken together, our results suggest that higher levels of perceived stress are associated with a dysfunctional synchronization within the CEN and between the SN and the CEN. This functional pattern might in part reflect the negative impact of high levels of perceived stress on cognitive functioning.
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- Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratorio de Neurociencias Moleculares e Integrativas Escuela de Medicina, División Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Anáhuac Mayab, Mérida, Mexico.,Intercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, Mexico
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- Intercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, Mexico.,Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
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- Intercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, Mexico.,Department of Sports Methods and Techniques, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil.,Laboratory of Physical Activity Neuroscience, Neurodiversity Institute, Queimados-RJ, Brazil
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- Intercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, Mexico.,Faculty of Human Sciences, Institute for Systems Medicine, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,Intercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, Mexico
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Li R, Yang D, Fang F, Hong KS, Reiss AL, Zhang Y. Concurrent fNIRS and EEG for Brain Function Investigation: A Systematic, Methodology-Focused Review. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:s22155865. [PMID: 35957421 PMCID: PMC9371171 DOI: 10.3390/s22155865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) stand as state-of-the-art techniques for non-invasive functional neuroimaging. On a unimodal basis, EEG has poor spatial resolution while presenting high temporal resolution. In contrast, fNIRS offers better spatial resolution, though it is constrained by its poor temporal resolution. One important merit shared by the EEG and fNIRS is that both modalities have favorable portability and could be integrated into a compatible experimental setup, providing a compelling ground for the development of a multimodal fNIRS-EEG integration analysis approach. Despite a growing number of studies using concurrent fNIRS-EEG designs reported in recent years, the methodological reference of past studies remains unclear. To fill this knowledge gap, this review critically summarizes the status of analysis methods currently used in concurrent fNIRS-EEG studies, providing an up-to-date overview and guideline for future projects to conduct concurrent fNIRS-EEG studies. A literature search was conducted using PubMed and Web of Science through 31 August 2021. After screening and qualification assessment, 92 studies involving concurrent fNIRS-EEG data recordings and analyses were included in the final methodological review. Specifically, three methodological categories of concurrent fNIRS-EEG data analyses, including EEG-informed fNIRS analyses, fNIRS-informed EEG analyses, and parallel fNIRS-EEG analyses, were identified and explained with detailed description. Finally, we highlighted current challenges and potential directions in concurrent fNIRS-EEG data analyses in future research.
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- Rihui Li
- Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan 43241, Korea
- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 4515 McKinley Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan 43241, Korea
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USA
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Mark EB, Liao D, Nedergaard RB, Hansen TM, Drewes AM, Brock C. Central neuronal transmission in response to tonic cold pain is modulated in people with type 1 diabetes and severe polyneuropathy. J Diabetes Complications 2022; 36:108263. [PMID: 35842302 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2022.108263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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AIMS This study aimed to investigate cortical source activity and identify source generators in people with type 1 diabetes during rest and tonic cold pain. METHODS Forty-eight participants with type 1 diabetes and neuropathy, and 21 healthy controls were investigated with electroencephalography (EEG) during 5-minutes resting and 2-minutes tonic cold pain (immersing the hand into water at 2 °C). EEG power was assessed in eight frequency bands, and EEG source generators were analyzed using standardized low-resolution electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA). RESULTS Compared to resting EEG, cold pain EEG power differed in all bands in the diabetes group (all p < 0.001) and six bands in the controls (all p < 0.05). Source generator activity in the diabetes group was increased in delta, beta2, beta3, and gamma bands and decreased in alpha1 (all p < 0.006) with changes mainly seen in the frontal and limbic lobe. Compared to controls, people with diabetes had decreased source generator activity during cold pain in the beta2 and beta3 bands (all p < 0.05), mainly in the frontal lobe. CONCLUSIONS Participants with type 1 diabetes had altered EEG power and source generator activity predominantly in the frontal and limbic lobe during tonic cold pain. The results may indicate modulated central transmission and neuronal impairment.
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- Esben Bolvig Mark
- Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark
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- Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark
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- Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; Mech-Sense, Department of Radiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark
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- Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; Steno Diabetes Center Northern Jutland, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark
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- Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; Steno Diabetes Center Northern Jutland, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark.
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Rubega M, Ciringione L, Bertuccelli M, Paramento M, Sparacino G, Vianello A, Masiero S, Vallesi A, Formaggio E, Del Felice A. High-density EEG sleep correlates of cognitive and affective impairment at 12-month follow-up after COVID-19. Clin Neurophysiol 2022; 140:126-135. [PMID: 35763985 PMCID: PMC9292469 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Objective To disentangle the pathophysiology of cognitive/affective impairment in Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19), we studied long-term cognitive and affective sequelae and sleep high-density electroencephalography (EEG) at 12-month follow-up in people with a previous hospital admission for acute COVID-19. Methods People discharged from an intensive care unit (ICU) and a sub-intensive ward (nonICU) between March and May 2020 were contacted between March and June 2021. Participants underwent cognitive, psychological, and sleep assessment. High-density EEG recording was acquired during a nap. Slow and fast spindles density/amplitude/frequency and source reconstruction in brain gray matter were extracted. The relationship between psychological and cognitive findings was explored with Pearson correlation. Results We enrolled 33 participants ( 17 nonICU) and 12 controls. We observed a lower Physical Quality of Life index, higher post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) score, and a worse executive function performance in nonICU participants. Higher PTSD and Beck Depression Inventory scores correlated with lower executive performance. The same group showed a reorganization of spindle cortical generators. Conclusions Our results show executive and psycho-affective deficits and spindle alterations in COVID-19 survivors – especially in nonICU participants – after 12 months from discharge. Significance These findings may be suggestive of a crucial contribution of stress experienced during hospital admission on long-term cognitive functioning.
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- Maria Rubega
- Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 3, Padova 35128, Italy.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 3, Padova 35128, Italy.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 3, Padova 35128, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, via Orus 2/B, Padova 35129, Italy.
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- Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, via Gradenigo 6/B, Padova 35131, Italy.
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- Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, via Gradenigo 6/B, Padova 35131, Italy.
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- Department of Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 2, Padova 35128, Italy.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 3, Padova 35128, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, via Orus 2/B, Padova 35129, Italy.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 3, Padova 35128, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, via Orus 2/B, Padova 35129, Italy.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 3, Padova 35128, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, via Orus 2/B, Padova 35129, Italy.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, via Giustiniani, 3, Padova 35128, Italy; Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, via Orus 2/B, Padova 35129, Italy.
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Effects of modafinil on electroencephalographic microstates in healthy adults. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2022; 239:2573-2584. [PMID: 35471613 PMCID: PMC9296596 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-022-06149-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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RATIONALE Modafinil has been proposed as a potentially effective clinical treatment for neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by cognitive control deficits. However, the precise effects of modafinil, particularly on brain network functions, are not completely understood. OBJECTIVES To address this gap, we examined the effects of modafinil on resting-state brain activity in 30 healthy adults using microstate analysis. Electroencephalographic (EEG) microstates are discrete voltage topographies generated from resting-state network activity. METHODS Using a placebo-controlled, within-subjects design, we examined changes to microstate parameters following placebo (0 mg), low (100 mg), and high (200 mg) modafinil doses. We also examined the functional significance of these microstates via associations between microstate parameters and event-related potential indexes of conflict monitoring and automatic error processing (N2 and error-related negativity) and behavioral responses (accuracy and RT) from a subsequent flanker interference task. RESULTS Five microstates emerged following each treatment condition, including four canonical microstates (A-D). Modafinil increased microstate C proportion and occurrence regardless of dose, relative to placebo. Modafinil also decreased microstate A proportion and microstate B proportion and occurrence relative to placebo. These modafinil-related changes in microstate parameters were not associated with similar changes in flanker ERPs or behavior. Finally, modafinil made transitions between microstates A and B less likely and transitions from A and B to C more likely. CONCLUSIONS Previous fMRI work has correlated microstates A and B with auditory and visual networks and microstate C with a salience network. Thus, our results suggest modafinil may deactivate large-scale sensory networks in favor of a higher order functional network during resting-state in healthy adults.
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Schranz C, Vatinno A, Ramakrishnan V, Seo NJ. Neuroplasticity after upper-extremity rehabilitation therapy with sensory stimulation in chronic stroke survivors. Brain Commun 2022; 4:fcac191. [PMID: 35938072 PMCID: PMC9351980 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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This study investigated the effect of using subthreshold vibration as a peripheral sensory stimulation during therapy on cortical activity. Secondary analysis of a pilot triple-blinded randomized controlled trial. Twelve chronic stroke survivors underwent 2-week upper-extremity task-practice therapy. Half received subthreshold vibratory stimulation on their paretic wrist (treatment group) and the other half did not (control). EEG connectivity and event-related de-/resynchronization for the sensorimotor network during hand grip were examined at pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow-up. Statistically significant group by time interactions were observed for both connectivity and event-related spectral perturbation. For the treatment group, connectivity increased at post-intervention and decreased at follow-up. Event-related desynchronization decreased and event-related resynchronization increased at post-intervention, which was maintained at follow-up. The control group had the opposite trend for connectivity and no change in event-related spectral perturbation. The stimulation altered cortical sensorimotor activity. The findings complement the clinical results of the trial in which the treatment group significantly improved gross manual dexterity while the control group did not. Increased connectivity in the treatment group may indicate neuroplasticity for motor learning, while reduced event-related desynchronization and increased event-related resynchronization may indicate lessened effort for grip and improved inhibitory control. EEG may improve understanding of neural processes underlying motor recovery.
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- Christian Schranz
- Correspondence to: Christian Schranz, PhD 77 President Street, Charleston SC 29425, USA E-mail:
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- Department of Health Sciences and Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences and Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA,Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA,Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
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Triccas LT, Camilleri KP, Tracey C, Mansoureh FH, Benjamin W, Francesca M, Leonardo B, Dante M, Geert V. Reliability of Upper Limb Pin-Prick Stimulation With Electroencephalography: Evoked Potentials, Spectra and Source Localization. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:881291. [PMID: 35937675 PMCID: PMC9351050 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.881291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In order for electroencephalography (EEG) with sensory stimuli measures to be used in research and neurological clinical practice, demonstration of reliability is needed. However, this is rarely examined. Here we studied the test-retest reliability of the EEG latency and amplitude of evoked potentials and spectra as well as identifying the sources during pin-prick stimulation. We recorded EEG in 23 healthy older adults who underwent a protocol of pin-prick stimulation on the dominant and non-dominant hand. EEG was recorded in a second session with rest intervals of 1 week. For EEG electrodes Fz, Cz, and Pz peak amplitude, latency and frequency spectra for pin-prick evoked potentials was determined and test-retest reliability was assessed. Substantial reliability ICC scores (0.76-0.79) were identified for evoked potential negative-positive amplitude from the left hand at C4 channel and positive peak latency when stimulating the right hand at Cz channel. Frequency spectra showed consistent increase of low-frequency band activity (< 5 Hz) and also in theta and alpha bands in first 0.25 s. Almost perfect reliability scores were found for activity at both low-frequency and theta bands (ICC scores: 0.81-0.98). Sources were identified in the primary somatosensory and motor cortices in relation to the positive peak using s-LORETA analysis. Measuring the frequency response from the pin-prick evoked potentials may allow the reliable assessment of central somatosensory impairment in the clinical setting.
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- Lisa Tedesco Triccas
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Systems and Control Engineering, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
- REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
- Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
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- Department of Systems and Control Engineering, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
- Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
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- Department of Systems and Control Engineering, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
- Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
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- Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychophysiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Systems and Control Engineering, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
- Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
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- Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Adscrit a la Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Dillen A, Lathouwers E, Miladinović A, Marusic U, Ghaffari F, Romain O, Meeusen R, De Pauw K. A data-driven machine learning approach for brain-computer interfaces targeting lower limb neuroprosthetics. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:949224. [PMID: 35966996 PMCID: PMC9364873 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.949224] [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: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Prosthetic devices that replace a lost limb have become increasingly performant in recent years. Recent advances in both software and hardware allow for the decoding of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals to improve the control of active prostheses with brain-computer interfaces (BCI). Most BCI research is focused on the upper body. Although BCI research for the lower extremities has increased in recent years, there are still gaps in our knowledge of the neural patterns associated with lower limb movement. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to show the feasibility of decoding lower limb movements from EEG data recordings. The second aim is to investigate whether well-known neuroplastic adaptations in individuals with an amputation have an influence on decoding performance. To address this, we collected data from multiple individuals with lower limb amputation and a matched able-bodied control group. Using these data, we trained and evaluated common BCI methods that have already been proven effective for upper limb BCI. With an average test decoding accuracy of 84% for both groups, our results show that it is possible to discriminate different lower extremity movements using EEG data with good accuracy. There are no significant differences (p = 0.99) in the decoding performance of these movements between healthy subjects and subjects with lower extremity amputation. These results show the feasibility of using BCI for lower limb prosthesis control and indicate that decoding performance is not influenced by neuroplasticity-induced differences between the two groups.
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- Arnau Dillen
- Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Brussels Human Robotics Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Équipes Traitement de l'Information et Systèmes, CY Cergy Paris University, Cergy, France
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- Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Brussels Human Robotics Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute for Kinesiology Research, Science and Research Centre Koper, Koper, Slovenia
- Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy
- Department Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute for Kinesiology Research, Science and Research Centre Koper, Koper, Slovenia
- Department of Health Sciences, Alma Mater Europaea - ECM, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Équipes Traitement de l'Information et Systèmes, CY Cergy Paris University, Cergy, France
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- Équipes Traitement de l'Information et Systèmes, CY Cergy Paris University, Cergy, France
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- Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Brussels Human Robotics Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Brussels Human Robotics Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- *Correspondence: Kevin De Pauw
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Rubega M, Formaggio E, Ciringione L, Bertuccelli M, Paramento M, Sparacino G, Vianello A, Masiero S, Del Felice A. Sleep spindles changes in people with previous COVID-19 infection. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2022; 2022:4135-4138. [PMID: 36086492 DOI: 10.1109/embc48229.2022.9871679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Stage 2 sleep spindles are considered useful biomarkers for the integrity of the central nervous system and for cognitive and memory skills. We investigated sleep spindles patterns in subjects after 12 months of their hospitalization in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Padova Teaching Hospital due to COVID-19 between March and November 2020. Before the nap, participants (13 hospitalized in ICU - ICU; 9 hospitalized who received noninvasive ventilation - nonlCU; 9 age and sex-matched healthy controls - CTRL, i.e., not infected by COVID-19) underwent a cognitive and psychological as-sessment. During the nap, high-density electroencephalography (EEG) recordings were acquired. Slow (i.e., [9]-[12] Hz) and fast (i.e.,]12-16] Hz) spindles were automatically detected. Spindle density and spindle source reconstruction in brain grey matter were extracted. The psychological assessment revealed a statistical difference comparing CTRL and nonlCU in Beck Depression Inventory score and in the Physical Quality of Life index (pvalue = 0.03). The cognitive assessment revealed a trend of worsening results in executive functions in COVID-19 survivors. Slow spindle density significantly decreased comparing CTRL to COVID-19 survivors (pvalue= 0.001). There were statistically significant differences in EEG source-waveforms fast spindle amplitude onset among the three groups, mainly between CTRL and nonlCU. Clinical Relevance- Our results suggest that nonlCU were more susceptible to the hospitalization experience than ICU participants with a slight effect on cognitive tests. This impacted the spindle generation revealing a decreased density of slow spindles and affecting the generators of fast spindles in COVID-19 survivors especially in nonlCU.
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Shamo: A Tool for Electromagnetic Modeling, Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis of the Head. Neuroinformatics 2022; 20:811-824. [PMID: 35266105 DOI: 10.1007/s12021-022-09574-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Accurate electromagnetic modeling of the head of a subject is of main interest in the fields of source reconstruction and brain stimulation. Those processes rely heavily on the quality of the model and, even though the geometry of the tissues can be extracted from magnetic resonance images (MRI) or computed tomography (CT), their physical properties such as the electrical conductivity are difficult to measure with non intrusive techniques. In this paper, we propose a tool to assess the uncertainty in the model parameters, the tissue conductivity, as well as compute a parametric forward models for electroencephalography (EEG) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) current distribution.
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Fu X, Richards JE. Evaluating Head Models for Cortical Source Localization of the Face-Sensitive N290 Component in Infants. Brain Topogr 2022; 35:398-415. [PMID: 35543889 DOI: 10.1007/s10548-022-00899-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Accurate cortical source localization of event-related potentials (ERPs) requires using realistic head models constructed from the participant's structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A challenge in developmental studies is the limited accessibility of participant-specific MRIs. The present study compared source localization of infants' N290 ERP activities estimated using participant-specific head models with a series of substitute head models. The N290 responses to faces relative to toys were measured in 36 infants aged at 4.5, 7.5, 9, and 12 months. The substitutes were individual-based head models constructed from age-matched MRIs with closely matched ("close") or different ("far") head measures with the participants, age-appropriate average template, and age-inappropriate average templates. The greater source responses to faces than toys at the middle fusiform gyrus (mFG) estimated using participant-specific head models were preserved in individual-based head models, but not average templates. The "close" head models yielded the best fit with the participant-specific head models in source activities at the mFG and across face-processing-related regions of interest (ROIs). The age-appropriate average template showed mixed results, not supporting the stimulus effect but showed topographical distributions across the ROIs like the participant-specific head models. The "close" head models are the most optimal substitute for participant-specific MRIs.
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- Xiaoxue Fu
- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
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Bilucaglia M, Laureanti R, Circi R, Zito M, Bellati M, Fici A, Rivetti F, Mainardi LT, Russo V. Spectral differences in resting-state EEG associated to individual Emotional Styles. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2022; 2022:4052-4055. [PMID: 36086662 DOI: 10.1109/embc48229.2022.9871191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The ability to manage the emotions has been associated to the Emotional Styles (ES), a set of coherent ways to deal with life's experiences. Recently, the Emotional Style Questionnaire (ESQ) has been proposed as a self-report mea-sure to assess the individual ES. The present study investigates the spectral differences in the resting-state EEG due to the individual ES, in order to support the psychometric reliability of the ESQ with associated neurophysiological measurements. In the alpha and beta band, Social Intuition showed significant and large (d > 0.8) effect sizes on the parietal and parieto-occipital regions, as well as a significant and large effect size in the gamma band on the pre-frontal region. In the beta band, Attention showed a significant and large effect size on the parieto-occipital region.
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McLeod GA, Abbasian P, Toutant D, Ghassemi A, Duke T, Rycyk C, Serletis D, Moussavi Z, Ng MC. Sleep-wake states change the interictal localization of candidate epileptic source generators. Sleep 2022; 45:6547903. [PMID: 35279715 PMCID: PMC9189983 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsac062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES To compare estimated epileptic source localizations from 5 sleep-wake states (SWS): wakefulness (W), rapid eye movement sleep (REM), and non-REM 1-3. METHODS Electrical source localization (sLORETA) of interictal spikes from different SWS on surface EEG from the epilepsy monitoring unit at spike peak and take-off, with results mapped to individual brain models for 75% of patients. Concordance was defined as source localization voxels shared between 2 and 5 SWS, and discordance as those unique to 1 SWS against 1-4 other SWS. RESULTS 563 spikes from 16 prospectively recruited focal epilepsy patients across 161 day-nights. SWS exerted significant differences at spike peak but not take-off. Source localization size did not vary between SWS. REM localizations were smaller in multifocal than unifocal patients (28.8% vs. 54.4%, p = .0091). All five SWS contributed about 45% of their localizations to converge onto 17.0 ± 15.5% voxels. Against any one other SWS, REM was least concordant (54.4% vs. 66.9%, p = .0006) and most discordant (39.3% vs. 29.6%, p = .0008). REM also yielded the most unique localizations (20.0% vs. 8.6%, p = .0059). CONCLUSIONS REM was best suited to identify candidate epileptic sources. sLORETA proposes a model in which an "omni-concordant core" of source localizations shared by all five SWS is surrounded by a "penumbra" of source localizations shared by some but not all SWS. Uniquely, REM spares this core to "move" source voxels from the penumbra to unique cortex not localized by other SWS. This may reflect differential intra-spike propagation in REM, which may account for its reported superior localizing abilities.
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- Graham A McLeod
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Medical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Charles Shor Epilepsy Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Section of Neurology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Mussigmann T, Bardel B, Lefaucheur JP. Resting-state electroencephalography (EEG) biomarkers of chronic neuropathic pain. A systematic review. Neuroimage 2022; 258:119351. [PMID: 35659993 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Diagnosis and management of chronic neuropathic pain are challenging, leading to current efforts to characterize 'objective' biomarkers of pain using imaging or neurophysiological techniques, such as electroencephalography (EEG). A systematic literature review was conducted in PubMed-Medline and Web-of-Science until October 2021 to identify EEG biomarkers of chronic neuropathic pain in humans. The risk of bias was assessed by the Newcastle-Ottawa-Scale. Experimental, provoked, or chronic non-neuropathic pain studies were excluded. We identified 14 studies, in which resting-state EEG spectral analysis was compared between patients with pain related to a neurological disease and patients with the same disease but without pain or healthy controls. From these heterogeneous exploratory studies, some conclusions can be drawn, even if they must be weighted by the fact that confounding factors, such as medication and association with anxio-depressive disorders, are generally not taken into account. Overall, EEG signal power was increased in the θ band (4-7Hz) and possibly in the high-β band (20-30Hz), but decreased in the high-α-low-β band (10-20Hz) in the presence of ongoing neuropathic pain, while increased γ band oscillations were not evidenced, unlike in experimental pain. Consequently, the dominant peak frequency was decreased in the θ-α band and increased in the whole-β band in neuropathic pain patients. Disappointingly, pain intensity correlated with various EEG changes across studies, with no consistent trend. This review also discusses the location of regional pain-related EEG changes in the pain connectome, as the perspectives offered by advanced techniques of EEG signal analysis (source location, connectivity, or classification methods based on artificial intelligence). The biomarkers provided by resting-state EEG are of particular interest for optimizing the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain by neuromodulation techniques, such as transcranial alternating current stimulation or neurofeedback procedures.
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- Thibaut Mussigmann
- Univ Paris Est Creteil, EA4391, ENT, Créteil, France; Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Henri Mondor Hospital, AP-HP, Créteil, France
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- Univ Paris Est Creteil, EA4391, ENT, Créteil, France; Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Henri Mondor Hospital, AP-HP, Créteil, France
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- Univ Paris Est Creteil, EA4391, ENT, Créteil, France; Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Henri Mondor Hospital, AP-HP, Créteil, France.
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Hewitt D, Newton-Fenner A, Henderson J, Fallon NB, Brown C, Stancak A. Intensity-dependent modulation of cortical somatosensory processing during external, low-frequency peripheral nerve stimulation in humans. J Neurophysiol 2022; 127:1629-1641. [PMID: 35611988 PMCID: PMC9190739 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00511.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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External low-frequency peripheral nerve stimulation (LFS) has been proposed as a novel method for neuropathic pain relief. Previous studies have reported that LFS elicits long-term depression-like effects on human pain perception when delivered at noxious intensities, whereas lower intensities are ineffective. To shed light on cortical regions mediating the effects of LFS, we investigated changes in somatosensory-evoked potentials (SEPs) during four LFS intensities. LFS was applied to the radial nerve (600 pulses, 1 Hz) of 24 healthy participants at perception (1 times), low (5 times), medium (10 times), and high intensities (15 times detection threshold). SEPs were recorded during LFS, and averaged SEPs in 10 consecutive 1-min epochs of LFS were analyzed using source dipole modeling. Changes in resting electroencephalography (EEG) were investigated after each LFS block. Source activity in the midcingulate cortex (MCC) decreased linearly during LFS, with greater attenuation at stronger LFS intensities, and in the ipsilateral operculo-insular cortex during the two lowest LFS stimulus intensities. Increased LFS intensities resulted in greater augmentation of contralateral primary sensorimotor cortex (SI/MI) activity. Stronger LFS intensities were followed by increased α (alpha, 9-11 Hz) band power in SI/MI and decreased θ (theta, 3-5 Hz) band power in MCC. Intensity-dependent attenuation of MCC activity with LFS is consistent with a state of long-term depression. Sustained increases in contralateral SI/MI activity suggests that effects of LFS on somatosensory processing may also be dependent on satiation of SI/MI. Further research could clarify if the activation of SI/MI during LFS competes with nociceptive processing in neuropathic pain.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Somatosensory-evoked potentials during low-frequency stimulation of peripheral nerves were examined at graded stimulus intensities. Low-frequency stimulation was associated with decreased responsiveness in the midcingulate cortex and increased responsiveness in primary sensorimotor cortex. Greater intensities were associated with increased midcingulate cortex θ band power and decreased sensorimotor cortex α band power. Results further previous evidence of an inhibition of somatosensory processing during and after low-frequency stimulation and point toward a potential augmentation of activity in somatosensory processing regions.
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- Danielle Hewitt
- 1Department of Psychological Sciences, grid.10025.36University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- 1Department of Psychological Sciences, grid.10025.36University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom,2Institute for Risk and Uncertainty, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- 1Department of Psychological Sciences, grid.10025.36University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- 1Department of Psychological Sciences, grid.10025.36University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- 1Department of Psychological Sciences, grid.10025.36University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- 1Department of Psychological Sciences, grid.10025.36University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom,2Institute for Risk and Uncertainty, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Dysfunctional temporal stages of eye-gaze perception in adults with ADHD: a high-density EEG study. Biol Psychol 2022; 171:108351. [PMID: 35568095 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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ADHD has been associated with social cognitive impairments across the lifespan, but no studies have specifically addressed the presence of abnormalities in eye-gaze processing in the adult brain. This study investigated the neural basis of eye-gaze perception in adults with ADHD using event-related potentials (ERP). Twenty-three ADHD and 23 controls performed a delayed face-matching task with neutral faces that had either direct or averted gaze. ERPs were classified using microstate analyses. ADHD and controls displayed similar P100 and N170 microstates. ADHD was associated with cluster abnormalities in the attention-sensitive P200 to direct gaze, and in the N250 related to facial recognition. For direct gaze, source localization revealed reduced activity in ADHD for the P200 in the left/midline cerebellum, as well as in a cingulate-occipital network at the N250. These results suggest brain impairments involving eye-gaze decoding in adults with ADHD, suggestive of neural signatures associated with this disorder in adulthood.
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Beumer S, Boon P, Klooster DCW, van Ee R, Carrette E, Paulides MM, Mestrom RMC. Personalized tDCS for Focal Epilepsy—A Narrative Review: A Data-Driven Workflow Based on Imaging and EEG Data. Brain Sci 2022; 12:brainsci12050610. [PMID: 35624997 PMCID: PMC9139054 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12050610] [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: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Conventional transcranial electric stimulation(tES) using standard anatomical positions for the electrodes and standard stimulation currents is frequently not sufficiently selective in targeting and reaching specific brain locations, leading to suboptimal application of electric fields. Recent advancements in in vivo electric field characterization may enable clinical researchers to derive better relationships between the electric field strength and the clinical results. Subject-specific electric field simulations could lead to improved electrode placement and more efficient treatments. Through this narrative review, we present a processing workflow to personalize tES for focal epilepsy, for which there is a clear cortical target to stimulate. The workflow utilizes clinical imaging and electroencephalography data and enables us to relate the simulated fields to clinical outcomes. We review and analyze the relevant literature for the processing steps in the workflow, which are the following: tissue segmentation, source localization, and stimulation optimization. In addition, we identify shortcomings and ongoing trends with regard to, for example, segmentation quality and tissue conductivity measurements. The presented processing steps result in personalized tES based on metrics like focality and field strength, which allow for correlation with clinical outcomes.
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- Steven Beumer
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Technology Eindhoven, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands; (P.B.); (D.C.W.K.); (E.C.); (M.M.P.); (R.M.C.M.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Technology Eindhoven, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands; (P.B.); (D.C.W.K.); (E.C.); (M.M.P.); (R.M.C.M.)
- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Technology Eindhoven, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands; (P.B.); (D.C.W.K.); (E.C.); (M.M.P.); (R.M.C.M.)
- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Philips Research Eindhoven, High Tech Campus 34, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Technology Eindhoven, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands; (P.B.); (D.C.W.K.); (E.C.); (M.M.P.); (R.M.C.M.)
- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Technology Eindhoven, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands; (P.B.); (D.C.W.K.); (E.C.); (M.M.P.); (R.M.C.M.)
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Technology Eindhoven, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands; (P.B.); (D.C.W.K.); (E.C.); (M.M.P.); (R.M.C.M.)
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Chirumamilla VC, Hitchings L, Mulkey SB, Anwar T, Baker R, Larry Maxwell G, De Asis-Cruz J, Kapse K, Limperopoulos C, du Plessis A, Govindan R. Electroencephalogram in low-risk term newborns predicts neurodevelopmental metrics at age two years. Clin Neurophysiol 2022; 140:21-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Perinelli A, Assecondi S, Tagliabue CF, Mazza V. Power shift and connectivity changes in healthy aging during resting-state EEG. Neuroimage 2022; 256:119247. [PMID: 35477019 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The neural activity of human brain changes in healthy individuals during aging. The most frequent variation in patterns of neural activity are a shift from posterior to anterior areas and a reduced asymmetry between hemispheres. These patterns are typically observed during task execution and by using functional magnetic resonance imaging data. In the present study we investigated whether analogous effects can also be detected during rest and by means of source-space time series reconstructed from electroencephalographic recordings. By analyzing oscillatory power distribution across the brain we indeed found a shift from posterior to anterior areas in older adults. We additionally examined this shift by evaluating connectivity and its changes with age. The findings indicated that inter-area connections among frontal, parietal and temporal areas were strengthened in older individuals. A more complex pattern was shown in intra-area connections, where age-related activity was enhanced in parietal and temporal areas, and reduced in frontal areas. Finally, the resulting network exhibits a loss of modularity with age. Overall, the results extend to resting-state condition the evidence of an age-related shift of brain activity from posterior to anterior areas, thus suggesting that this shift is a general feature of the aging brain rather than being task-specific. In addition, the connectivity results provide new information on the reorganization of resting-state brain activity in aging.
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- Alessio Perinelli
- Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto, TN, Italy.
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- Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto, TN, Italy
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- Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto, TN, Italy
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- Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto, TN, Italy
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Vatinno AA, Simpson A, Ramakrishnan V, Bonilha HS, Bonilha L, Seo NJ. The Prognostic Utility of Electroencephalography in Stroke Recovery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2022; 36:255-268. [PMID: 35311412 PMCID: PMC9007868 DOI: 10.1177/15459683221078294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Improved ability to predict patient recovery would guide post-stroke care by helping clinicians personalize treatment and maximize outcomes. Electroencephalography (EEG) provides a direct measure of the functional neuroelectric activity in the brain that forms the basis for neuroplasticity and recovery, and thus may increase prognostic ability. OBJECTIVE To examine evidence for the prognostic utility of EEG in stroke recovery via systematic review/meta-analysis. METHODS Peer-reviewed journal articles that examined the relationship between EEG and subsequent clinical outcome(s) in stroke were searched using electronic databases. Two independent researchers extracted data for synthesis. Linear meta-regressions were performed across subsets of papers with common outcome measures to quantify the association between EEG and outcome. RESULTS 75 papers were included. Association between EEG and clinical outcomes was seen not only early post-stroke, but more than 6 months post-stroke. The most studied prognostic potential of EEG was in predicting independence and stroke severity in the standard acute stroke care setting. The meta-analysis showed that EEG was associated with subsequent clinical outcomes measured by the Modified Rankin Scale, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, and Fugl-Meyer Upper Extremity Assessment (r = .72, .70, and .53 from 8, 13, and 12 papers, respectively). EEG improved prognostic abilities beyond prediction afforded by standard clinical assessments. However, the EEG variables examined were highly variable across studies and did not converge. CONCLUSIONS EEG shows potential to predict post-stroke recovery outcomes. However, evidence is largely explorative, primarily due to the lack of a definitive set of EEG measures to be used for prognosis.
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- Amanda A Vatinno
- Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, 2345Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, 2345Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC, USA
- Department of Healthcare Leadership and Management, College of Health Professions, 2345MUSC, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, 2345Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, 2345MUSC, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA
- Department of Health Sciences and Research, 2345MUSC, Charleston, SC, USA
- Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC, USA
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Vanhollebeke G, De Smet S, De Raedt R, Baeken C, van Mierlo P, Vanderhasselt MA. The neural correlates of psychosocial stress: A systematic review and meta-analysis of spectral analysis EEG studies. Neurobiol Stress 2022; 18:100452. [PMID: 35573807 PMCID: PMC9095895 DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2022.100452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Gert Vanhollebeke
- Department of Head and Skin, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Medical Image and Signal Processing Group (MEDISIP), Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Corresponding author. University Hospital Ghent Ghent, C. Heymanslaan 10, entrance 12 – floor 13, 9000, Belgium.
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- Department of Head and Skin, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Head and Skin, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Head and Skin, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital (UZBrussel), Brussels, Belgium
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- Medical Image and Signal Processing Group (MEDISIP), Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Head and Skin, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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