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Liu J, Younk R, Drahos LM, Nagrale SS, Yadav S, Widge AS, Shoaran M. Neural Decoding and Feature Selection Techniques for Closed-Loop Control of Defensive Behavior. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.06.06.597165. [PMID: 38895388 PMCID: PMC11185693 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.06.597165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Objective Many psychiatric disorders involve excessive avoidant or defensive behavior, such as avoidance in anxiety and trauma disorders or defensive rituals in obsessive-compulsive disorders. Developing algorithms to predict these behaviors from local field potentials (LFPs) could serve as foundational technology for closed-loop control of such disorders. A significant challenge is identifying the LFP features that encode these defensive behaviors. Approach We analyzed LFP signals from the infralimbic cortex and basolateral amygdala of rats undergoing tone-shock conditioning and extinction, standard for investigating defensive behaviors. We utilized a comprehensive set of neuro-markers across spectral, temporal, and connectivity domains, employing SHapley Additive exPlanations for feature importance evaluation within Light Gradient-Boosting Machine models. Our goal was to decode three commonly studied avoidance/defensive behaviors: freezing, bar-press suppression, and motion (accelerometry), examining the impact of different features on decoding performance. Main results Band power and band power ratio between channels emerged as optimal features across sessions. High-gamma (80-150 Hz) power, power ratios, and inter-regional correlations were more informative than other bands that are more classically linked to defensive behaviors. Focusing on highly informative features enhanced performance. Across 4 recording sessions with 16 subjects, we achieved an average coefficient of determination of 0.5357 and 0.3476, and Pearson correlation coefficients of 0.7579 and 0.6092 for accelerometry jerk and bar press rate, respectively. Utilizing only the most informative features revealed differential encoding between accelerometry and bar press rate, with the former primarily through local spectral power and the latter via inter-regional connectivity. Our methodology demonstrated remarkably low time complexity, requiring <110 ms for training and <1 ms for inference. Significance Our results demonstrate the feasibility of accurately decoding defensive behaviors with minimal latency, using LFP features from neural circuits strongly linked to these behaviors. This methodology holds promise for real-time decoding to identify physiological targets in closed-loop psychiatric neuromodulation.
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- Jinhan Liu
- Institute of Electrical and Micro Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Neuro-X Institute, EPFL, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- These authors jointly supervised this work
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- Institute of Electrical and Micro Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Neuro-X Institute, EPFL, Geneva, Switzerland
- These authors jointly supervised this work
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Wang R, Chen ZS. Large-scale foundation models and generative AI for BigData neuroscience. Neurosci Res 2024:S0168-0102(24)00075-0. [PMID: 38897235 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2024.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Recent advances in machine learning have led to revolutionary breakthroughs in computer games, image and natural language understanding, and scientific discovery. Foundation models and large-scale language models (LLMs) have recently achieved human-like intelligence thanks to BigData. With the help of self-supervised learning (SSL) and transfer learning, these models may potentially reshape the landscapes of neuroscience research and make a significant impact on the future. Here we present a mini-review on recent advances in foundation models and generative AI models as well as their applications in neuroscience, including natural language and speech, semantic memory, brain-machine interfaces (BMIs), and data augmentation. We argue that this paradigm-shift framework will open new avenues for many neuroscience research directions and discuss the accompanying challenges and opportunities.
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- Ran Wang
- Department of Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, Neuroscience Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
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Tankus A, Rosenberg N, Ben-Hamo O, Stern E, Strauss I. Machine learning decoding of single neurons in the thalamus for speech brain-machine interfaces. J Neural Eng 2024; 21:036009. [PMID: 38648783 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad4179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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Objective. Our goal is to decode firing patterns of single neurons in the left ventralis intermediate nucleus (Vim) of the thalamus, related to speech production, perception, and imagery. For realistic speech brain-machine interfaces (BMIs), we aim to characterize the amount of thalamic neurons necessary for high accuracy decoding.Approach. We intraoperatively recorded single neuron activity in the left Vim of eight neurosurgical patients undergoing implantation of deep brain stimulator or RF lesioning during production, perception and imagery of the five monophthongal vowel sounds. We utilized the Spade decoder, a machine learning algorithm that dynamically learns specific features of firing patterns and is based on sparse decomposition of the high dimensional feature space.Main results. Spade outperformed all algorithms compared with, for all three aspects of speech: production, perception and imagery, and obtained accuracies of 100%, 96%, and 92%, respectively (chance level: 20%) based on pooling together neurons across all patients. The accuracy was logarithmic in the amount of neurons for all three aspects of speech. Regardless of the amount of units employed, production gained highest accuracies, whereas perception and imagery equated with each other.Significance. Our research renders single neuron activity in the left Vim a promising source of inputs to BMIs for restoration of speech faculties for locked-in patients or patients with anarthria or dysarthria to allow them to communicate again. Our characterization of how many neurons are necessary to achieve a certain decoding accuracy is of utmost importance for planning BMI implantation.
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- Ariel Tankus
- Functional Neurosurgery Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 6423906, Israel
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Functional Neurosurgery Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 6423906, Israel
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Quan Z, Li Y, Wang S. Multi-timescale neuromodulation strategy for closed-loop deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease. J Neural Eng 2024; 21:036006. [PMID: 38653252 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad4210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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Objective.Beta triggered closed-loop deep brain stimulation (DBS) shows great potential for improving the efficacy while reducing side effect for Parkinson's disease. However, there remain great challenges due to the dynamics and stochasticity of neural activities. In this study, we aimed to tune the amplitude of beta oscillations with different time scales taking into account influence of inherent variations in the basal ganglia-thalamus-cortical circuit.Approach. A dynamic basal ganglia-thalamus-cortical mean-field model was established to emulate the medication rhythm. Then, a dynamic target model was designed to embody the multi-timescale dynamic of beta power with milliseconds, seconds and minutes. Moreover, we proposed a closed-loop DBS strategy based on a proportional-integral-differential (PID) controller with the dynamic control target. In addition, the bounds of stimulation amplitude increments and different parameters of the dynamic target were considered to meet the clinical constraints. The performance of the proposed closed-loop strategy, including beta power modulation accuracy, mean stimulation amplitude, and stimulation variation were calculated to determine the PID parameters and evaluate neuromodulation performance in the computational dynamic mean-field model.Main results. The Results show that the dynamic basal ganglia-thalamus-cortical mean-field model simulated the medication rhythm with the fasted and the slowest rate. The dynamic control target reflected the temporal variation in beta power from milliseconds to minutes. With the proposed closed-loop strategy, the beta power tracked the dynamic target with a smoother stimulation sequence compared with closed-loop DBS with the constant target. Furthermore, the beta power could be modulated to track the control target under different long-term targets, modulation strengths, and bounds of the stimulation increment.Significance. This work provides a new method of closed-loop DBS for multi-timescale beta power modulation with clinical constraints.
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- Zhaoyu Quan
- Academy for Engineering and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence (Fudan University), Shanghai, Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China
- MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of AI & Robotics, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence (Fudan University), Shanghai, Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China
- MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Sadras N, Pesaran B, Shanechi MM. Event detection and classification from multimodal time series with application to neural data. J Neural Eng 2024; 21:026049. [PMID: 38513289 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad3678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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The detection of events in time-series data is a common signal-processing problem. When the data can be modeled as a known template signal with an unknown delay in Gaussian noise, detection of the template signal can be done with a traditional matched filter. However, in many applications, the event of interest is represented in multimodal data consisting of both Gaussian and point-process time series. Neuroscience experiments, for example, can simultaneously record multimodal neural signals such as local field potentials (LFPs), which can be modeled as Gaussian, and neuronal spikes, which can be modeled as point processes. Currently, no method exists for event detection from such multimodal data, and as such our objective in this work is to develop a method to meet this need. Here we address this challenge by developing the multimodal event detector (MED) algorithm which simultaneously estimates event times and classes. To do this, we write a multimodal likelihood function for Gaussian and point-process observations and derive the associated maximum likelihood estimator of simultaneous event times and classes. We additionally introduce a cross-modal scaling parameter to account for model mismatch in real datasets. We validate this method in extensive simulations as well as in a neural spike-LFP dataset recorded during an eye-movement task, where the events of interest are eye movements with unknown times and directions. We show that the MED can successfully detect eye movement onset and classify eye movement direction. Further, the MED successfully combines information across data modalities, with multimodal performance exceeding unimodal performance. This method can facilitate applications such as the discovery of latent events in multimodal neural population activity and the development of brain-computer interfaces for naturalistic settings without constrained tasks or prior knowledge of event times.
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- Nitin Sadras
- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
- Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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Ahmadipour P, Sani OG, Pesaran B, Shanechi MM. Multimodal subspace identification for modeling discrete-continuous spiking and field potential population activity. J Neural Eng 2024; 21:026001. [PMID: 38016450 PMCID: PMC10913727 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad1053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Objective.Learning dynamical latent state models for multimodal spiking and field potential activity can reveal their collective low-dimensional dynamics and enable better decoding of behavior through multimodal fusion. Toward this goal, developing unsupervised learning methods that are computationally efficient is important, especially for real-time learning applications such as brain-machine interfaces (BMIs). However, efficient learning remains elusive for multimodal spike-field data due to their heterogeneous discrete-continuous distributions and different timescales.Approach.Here, we develop a multiscale subspace identification (multiscale SID) algorithm that enables computationally efficient learning for modeling and dimensionality reduction for multimodal discrete-continuous spike-field data. We describe the spike-field activity as combined Poisson and Gaussian observations, for which we derive a new analytical SID method. Importantly, we also introduce a novel constrained optimization approach to learn valid noise statistics, which is critical for multimodal statistical inference of the latent state, neural activity, and behavior. We validate the method using numerical simulations and with spiking and local field potential population activity recorded during a naturalistic reach and grasp behavior.Main results.We find that multiscale SID accurately learned dynamical models of spike-field signals and extracted low-dimensional dynamics from these multimodal signals. Further, it fused multimodal information, thus better identifying the dynamical modes and predicting behavior compared to using a single modality. Finally, compared to existing multiscale expectation-maximization learning for Poisson-Gaussian observations, multiscale SID had a much lower training time while being better in identifying the dynamical modes and having a better or similar accuracy in predicting neural activity and behavior.Significance.Overall, multiscale SID is an accurate learning method that is particularly beneficial when efficient learning is of interest, such as for online adaptive BMIs to track non-stationary dynamics or for reducing offline training time in neuroscience investigations.
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- Parima Ahmadipour
- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
- Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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Vahidi P, Sani OG, Shanechi MM. Modeling and dissociation of intrinsic and input-driven neural population dynamics underlying behavior. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2212887121. [PMID: 38335258 PMCID: PMC10873612 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2212887121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Neural dynamics can reflect intrinsic dynamics or dynamic inputs, such as sensory inputs or inputs from other brain regions. To avoid misinterpreting temporally structured inputs as intrinsic dynamics, dynamical models of neural activity should account for measured inputs. However, incorporating measured inputs remains elusive in joint dynamical modeling of neural-behavioral data, which is important for studying neural computations of behavior. We first show how training dynamical models of neural activity while considering behavior but not input or input but not behavior may lead to misinterpretations. We then develop an analytical learning method for linear dynamical models that simultaneously accounts for neural activity, behavior, and measured inputs. The method provides the capability to prioritize the learning of intrinsic behaviorally relevant neural dynamics and dissociate them from both other intrinsic dynamics and measured input dynamics. In data from a simulated brain with fixed intrinsic dynamics that performs different tasks, the method correctly finds the same intrinsic dynamics regardless of the task while other methods can be influenced by the task. In neural datasets from three subjects performing two different motor tasks with task instruction sensory inputs, the method reveals low-dimensional intrinsic neural dynamics that are missed by other methods and are more predictive of behavior and/or neural activity. The method also uniquely finds that the intrinsic behaviorally relevant neural dynamics are largely similar across the different subjects and tasks, whereas the overall neural dynamics are not. These input-driven dynamical models of neural-behavioral data can uncover intrinsic dynamics that may otherwise be missed.
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- Parsa Vahidi
- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA90089
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA90089
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA90089
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA90089
- Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science and Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA90089
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Shen Z, Liang Q, Chang Q, Liu Y, Zhang Q. Topological Hydrogels for Long-Term Brain Signal Monitoring, Neuromodulation, and Stroke Treatment. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2310365. [PMID: 38029425 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202310365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Stroke is the primary cause of disability without effective rehabilitation methods. Emerging brain-machine interfaces offer promise for regulating brain neural circuits and promoting the recovery of brain function disorders. Implantable probes play key roles in brain-machine interfaces, which are subject to two irreconcilable tradeoffs between conductivity and modulus match/transparency. In this work, mechanically interlocked polyrotaxane is incorporated into topological hydrogels to solve the two tradeoffs at the molecular level through the pulley effect of polyrotaxane. The unique performance of the topological hydrogels enables them to acquire brain neural information and conduct neuromodulation. The probe is capable of continuously recording local field potentials for eight weeks. Optogenetic neuromodulation in the primary motor cortex to regulate brain neural circuits and control limb behavior is realized using the probe. Most importantly, optogenetic neuromodulation is conducted using the probe, which effectively reduces the infarct regions of the brain tissue and promotes locomotor function recovery. This work exhibits a significant scientific advancement in the design concept of neural probes for developing brain-machine interfaces and seeking brain disease therapies.
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- Zhenzhen Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- The 989 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army Joint Service Support Force, Luoyang, 471031, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering (Ministry of Education), Jilin University, Changchun, 130025, P. R. China
- Institute of Structured and Architected Materials, Liaoning Academy of Materials, Shenyang, 110167, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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Yang L, Tang Q, Chen Z, Zhang S, Mu Y, Yan Y, Xu P, Yao D, Li F, Li C. EEG based emotion recognition by hierarchical bayesian spectral regression framework. J Neurosci Methods 2024; 402:110015. [PMID: 38000636 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2023.110015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 10/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
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Spectral regression (SR), a graph-based learning regression model, can be used to extract features from graphs to realize efficient dimensionality reduction. However, due to the SR method remains a regularized least squares problem and being defined in L2-norm space, the effect of artifacts in EEG signals cannot be efficiently resisted. In this work, to further improve the robustness of the graph-based regression models, we propose to utilize the prior distribution estimation in the Bayesian framework and develop a robust hierarchical Bayesian spectral regression framework (named HB-SR), which is designed with the hierarchical Bayesian ensemble strategies. In the proposed HB-SR, the impact of noises can be effectively reduced by the adaptive adjustment approach in model parameters with the data-driven manner. Specifically, in the current work, three different distributions have been elaborately designed to enhance the universality of the proposed HB-SR, i.e., Gaussian distribution, Laplace distribution, and Student-t distribution. To objectively evaluate the performance of the HB-SR framework, we conducted both simulation studies and emotion recognition experiments based on emotional EEG signals. Experimental results have consistently indicated that compared with other existing spectral regression methods, the proposed HB-SR can effectively suppress the influence of noises and achieve robust EEG emotion recognition.
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- Lei Yang
- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation and School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation and School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation and School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation and School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation and School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation and School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation and School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation and School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation and School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation and School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
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Chen YT, Wang HL, Sun S, Cheng ZW, Zhang YK, Zheng S, Zhang TY, Ma HF, Cui TJ. Computer-Vision Based Gesture-Metasurface Interaction System for Beam Manipulation and Wireless Communication. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2305152. [PMID: 38044308 PMCID: PMC10837369 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
Hand gesture plays an important role in many circumstances, which is one of the most common interactive methods in daily life, especially for disabled people. Human-machine interaction is another popular research topic to realize direct and efficient control, making machines intelligent and maneuverable. Here, a special human-machine interaction system is proposed and namedas computer-vision (CV) based gesture-metasurface interaction (GMI) system, which can be used for both direct beam manipulations and real-time wireless communications. The GMI system first needs to select its working mode according to the gesture command to determine whether to perform beam manipulations or wireless communications, and then validate the permission for further operation by recognizing unlocking gesture to ensure security. Both beam manipulation and wireless communication functions are validated experimentally, which show that the GMI system can not only realize real-time switching and remote control of different beams through gesture command, but also communicate with a remote computer in real time by translating the gesture language to text message. The proposed non-contact GMI system has the advantages of good interactivity, high flexibility, and multiple functions, which can find potential applications in community security, gesture-command smart home, barrier-free communications, and so on.
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- Yue Teng Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesSchool of Information Science and EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
- Institute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesSchool of Information Science and EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
- Institute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesSchool of Information Science and EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
- Institute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesSchool of Information Science and EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
- Institute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesSchool of Information Science and EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
- Institute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesSchool of Information Science and EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
- Institute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesSchool of Information Science and EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
- Institute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesSchool of Information Science and EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
- Institute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesSchool of Information Science and EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
- Institute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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Weng G, Clark K, Akbarian A, Noudoost B, Nategh N. Time-varying generalized linear models: characterizing and decoding neuronal dynamics in higher visual areas. Front Comput Neurosci 2024; 18:1273053. [PMID: 38348287 PMCID: PMC10859875 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2024.1273053] [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: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024] Open
Abstract
To create a behaviorally relevant representation of the visual world, neurons in higher visual areas exhibit dynamic response changes to account for the time-varying interactions between external (e.g., visual input) and internal (e.g., reward value) factors. The resulting high-dimensional representational space poses challenges for precisely quantifying individual factors' contributions to the representation and readout of sensory information during a behavior. The widely used point process generalized linear model (GLM) approach provides a powerful framework for a quantitative description of neuronal processing as a function of various sensory and non-sensory inputs (encoding) as well as linking particular response components to particular behaviors (decoding), at the level of single trials and individual neurons. However, most existing variations of GLMs assume the neural systems to be time-invariant, making them inadequate for modeling nonstationary characteristics of neuronal sensitivity in higher visual areas. In this review, we summarize some of the existing GLM variations, with a focus on time-varying extensions. We highlight their applications to understanding neural representations in higher visual areas and decoding transient neuronal sensitivity as well as linking physiology to behavior through manipulation of model components. This time-varying class of statistical models provide valuable insights into the neural basis of various visual behaviors in higher visual areas and hold significant potential for uncovering the fundamental computational principles that govern neuronal processing underlying various behaviors in different regions of the brain.
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- Geyu Weng
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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Narayanan RP, Khaleghi A, Veletić M, Balasingham I. Multiphysics simulation of magnetoelectric micro core-shells for wireless cellular stimulation therapy via magnetic temporal interference. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0297114. [PMID: 38271467 PMCID: PMC10834063 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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This paper presents an innovative approach to wireless cellular stimulation therapy through the design of a magnetoelectric (ME) microdevice. Traditional electrophysiological stimulation techniques for neural and deep brain stimulation face limitations due to their reliance on electronics, electrode arrays, or the complexity of magnetic induction. In contrast, the proposed ME microdevice offers a self-contained, controllable, battery-free, and electronics-free alternative, holding promise for targeted precise stimulation of biological cells and tissues. The designed microdevice integrates core shell ME materials with remote coils which applies magnetic temporal interference (MTI) signals, leading to the generation of a bipolar local electric stimulation current operating at low frequencies which is suitable for precise stimulation. The nonlinear property of the magnetostrictive core enables the demodulation of remotely applied high-frequency electromagnetic fields, resulting in a localized, tunable, and manipulatable electric potential on the piezoelectric shell surface. This potential, triggers electrical spikes in neural cells, facilitating stimulation. Rigorous computational simulations support this concept, highlighting a significantly high ME coupling factor generation of 550 V/m·Oe. The high ME coupling is primarily attributed to the operation of the device in its mechanical resonance modes. This achievement is the result of a carefully designed core shell structure operating at the MTI resonance frequencies, coupled with an optimal magnetic bias, and predetermined piezo shell thickness. These findings underscore the potential of the engineered ME core shell as a candidate for wireless and minimally invasive cellular stimulation therapy, characterized by high resolution and precision. These results open new avenues for injectable material structures capable of delivering effective cellular stimulation therapy, carrying implications across neuroscience medical devices, and regenerative medicine.
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- Ram Prasadh Narayanan
- Institute of Electronic Systems, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Institute of Electronic Systems, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Intervention Center, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Electronic Systems, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Intervention Center, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Electronic Systems, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Intervention Center, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Griggs WS, Norman SL, Deffieux T, Segura F, Osmanski BF, Chau G, Christopoulos V, Liu C, Tanter M, Shapiro MG, Andersen RA. Decoding motor plans using a closed-loop ultrasonic brain-machine interface. Nat Neurosci 2024; 27:196-207. [PMID: 38036744 PMCID: PMC10774125 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-023-01500-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) enable people living with chronic paralysis to control computers, robots and more with nothing but thought. Existing BMIs have trade-offs across invasiveness, performance, spatial coverage and spatiotemporal resolution. Functional ultrasound (fUS) neuroimaging is an emerging technology that balances these attributes and may complement existing BMI recording technologies. In this study, we use fUS to demonstrate a successful implementation of a closed-loop ultrasonic BMI. We streamed fUS data from the posterior parietal cortex of two rhesus macaque monkeys while they performed eye and hand movements. After training, the monkeys controlled up to eight movement directions using the BMI. We also developed a method for pretraining the BMI using data from previous sessions. This enabled immediate control on subsequent days, even those that occurred months apart, without requiring extensive recalibration. These findings establish the feasibility of ultrasonic BMIs, paving the way for a new class of less-invasive (epidural) interfaces that generalize across extended time periods and promise to restore function to people with neurological impairments.
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- Whitney S Griggs
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
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- Physics for Medicine Paris, INSERM, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, Paris, France
- INSERM Technology Research Accelerator in Biomedical Ultrasound, Paris, France
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- Physics for Medicine Paris, INSERM, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, Paris, France
- INSERM Technology Research Accelerator in Biomedical Ultrasound, Paris, France
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- T&C Chen Brain-Machine Interface Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, CA, USA
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- Physics for Medicine Paris, INSERM, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, Paris, France
- INSERM Technology Research Accelerator in Biomedical Ultrasound, Paris, France
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- Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- T&C Chen Brain-Machine Interface Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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A neural network that enables flexible nonlinear inference from neural population activity. Nat Biomed Eng 2024; 8:9-10. [PMID: 38086959 DOI: 10.1038/s41551-023-01111-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Abbaspourazad H, Erturk E, Pesaran B, Shanechi MM. Dynamical flexible inference of nonlinear latent factors and structures in neural population activity. Nat Biomed Eng 2024; 8:85-108. [PMID: 38082181 DOI: 10.1038/s41551-023-01106-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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Modelling the spatiotemporal dynamics in the activity of neural populations while also enabling their flexible inference is hindered by the complexity and noisiness of neural observations. Here we show that the lower-dimensional nonlinear latent factors and latent structures can be computationally modelled in a manner that allows for flexible inference causally, non-causally and in the presence of missing neural observations. To enable flexible inference, we developed a neural network that separates the model into jointly trained manifold and dynamic latent factors such that nonlinearity is captured through the manifold factors and the dynamics can be modelled in tractable linear form on this nonlinear manifold. We show that the model, which we named 'DFINE' (for 'dynamical flexible inference for nonlinear embeddings') achieves flexible inference in simulations of nonlinear dynamics and across neural datasets representing a diversity of brain regions and behaviours. Compared with earlier neural-network models, DFINE enables flexible inference, better predicts neural activity and behaviour, and better captures the latent neural manifold structure. DFINE may advance the development of neurotechnology and investigations in neuroscience.
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- Hamidreza Abbaspourazad
- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience, and Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Bolonduro OA, Chen Z, Lai YR, Cote M, Rao AA, Liu H, Tzanakakis ES, Timko BP. An Integrated Optogenetic and Bioelectronic Platform for Regulating Cardiomyocyte Function. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.12.15.571704. [PMID: 38168441 PMCID: PMC10760153 DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.15.571704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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We report an integrated optogenetic and bioelectronic platform for stable and long-term modulation and monitoring of cardiomyocyte function in vitro. Optogenetic inputs were achieved through expression of a photoactivatable adenylyl cyclase (bPAC), that when activated by blue light caused a dose-dependent and time-limited increase in autonomous cardiomyocyte beat rate. Bioelectronic readouts were achieved through an integrated planar multi-electrode array (MEA) that provided real-time readouts of electrophysiological activity from 32 spatially-distinct locations. Irradiation at 27 μW/mm2 resulted in a ca. 14% increase in beat rate within 20-25 minutes, which remained stable for at least 2 hours. The beating rate could be cycled through repeated "on" and "off' states, and its magnitude was a monotonic function of irradiation intensity. Our integrated platform opens new avenues in bioelectronic medicine, including closed-loop feedback systems, with potential applications for cardiac regulation including arrhythmia diagnosis and intervention.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
- General Surgery Department, Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310052, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University
- Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts Medical Center
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Song CY, Shanechi MM. Unsupervised learning of stationary and switching dynamical system models from Poisson observations. J Neural Eng 2023; 20:066029. [PMID: 38083862 PMCID: PMC10714100 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad038d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Objective. Investigating neural population dynamics underlying behavior requires learning accurate models of the recorded spiking activity, which can be modeled with a Poisson observation distribution. Switching dynamical system models can offer both explanatory power and interpretability by piecing together successive regimes of simpler dynamics to capture more complex ones. However, in many cases, reliable regime labels are not available, thus demanding accurate unsupervised learning methods for Poisson observations. Existing learning methods, however, rely on inference of latent states in neural activity using the Laplace approximation, which may not capture the broader properties of densities and may lead to inaccurate learning. Thus, there is a need for new inference methods that can enable accurate model learning.Approach. To achieve accurate model learning, we derive a novel inference method based on deterministic sampling for Poisson observations called the Poisson Cubature Filter (PCF) and embed it in an unsupervised learning framework. This method takes a minimum mean squared error approach to estimation. Terms that are difficult to find analytically for Poisson observations are approximated in a novel way with deterministic sampling based on numerical integration and cubature rules.Main results. PCF enabled accurate unsupervised learning in both stationary and switching dynamical systems and largely outperformed prior Laplace approximation-based learning methods in both simulations and motor cortical spiking data recorded during a reaching task. These improvements were larger for smaller data sizes, showing that PCF-based learning was more data efficient and enabled more reliable regime identification. In experimental data and unsupervised with respect to behavior, PCF-based learning uncovered interpretable behavior-relevant regimes unlike prior learning methods.Significance. The developed unsupervised learning methods for switching dynamical systems can accurately uncover latent regimes and states in population spiking activity, with important applications in both basic neuroscience and neurotechnology.
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- Christian Y Song
- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
- Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
- Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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Chen K, Forrest A, Gonzalez Burgos G, Kozai TDY. Neuronal functional connectivity is impaired in a layer dependent manner near the chronically implanted microelectrodes. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.06.565852. [PMID: 37986883 PMCID: PMC10659303 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.06.565852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Objective This study aims to reveal longitudinal changes in functional network connectivity within and across different brain structures near the chronically implanted microelectrode. While it is well established that the foreign-body response (FBR) contributes to the gradual decline of the signals recorded from brain implants over time, how does the FBR impact affect the functional stability of neural circuits near implanted Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) remains unknown. This research aims to illuminate how the chronic FBR can alter local neural circuit function and the implications for BCI decoders. Approach This study utilized multisite Michigan-style microelectrodes that span all cortical layers and the hippocampal CA1 region to collect spontaneous and visually-evoked electrophysiological activity. Alterations in neuronal activity near the microelectrode were tested assessing cross-frequency synchronization of LFP and spike entrainment to LFP oscillatory activity throughout 16 weeks after microelectrode implantation. Main Results The study found that cortical layer 4, the input-receiving layer, maintained activity over the implantation time. However, layers 2/3 rapidly experienced severe impairment, leading to a loss of proper intralaminar connectivity in the downstream output layers 5/6. Furthermore, the impairment of interlaminar connectivity near the microelectrode was unidirectional, showing decreased connectivity from Layers 2/3 to Layers 5/6 but not the reverse direction. In the hippocampus, CA1 neurons gradually became unable to properly entrain to the surrounding LFP oscillations. Significance This study provides a detailed characterization of network connectivity dysfunction over long-term microelectrode implantation periods. This new knowledge could contribute to the development of targeted therapeutic strategies aimed at improving the health of the tissue surrounding brain implants and potentially inform engineering of adaptive decoders as the FBR progresses. Our study's understanding of the dynamic changes in the functional network over time opens the door to developing interventions for improving the long-term stability and performance of intracortical microelectrodes.
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Coulter ME, Kemere C. The neural basis of mental navigation in rats. Science 2023; 382:517-518. [PMID: 37917674 DOI: 10.1126/science.adl0806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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A brain-machine interface demonstrates volitional control of hippocampal activity.
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Chen K, Garcia Padilla C, Kiselyov K, Kozai TDY. Cell-specific alterations in autophagy-lysosomal activity near the chronically implanted microelectrodes. Biomaterials 2023; 302:122316. [PMID: 37738741 PMCID: PMC10897938 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Intracortical microelectrodes that can record and stimulate brain activity have become a valuable technique for basic science research and clinical applications. However, long-term implantation of these microelectrodes can lead to progressive neurodegeneration in the surrounding microenvironment, characterized by elevation in disease-associated markers. Dysregulation of autophagy-lysosomal degradation, a major intracellular waste removal process, is considered a key factor in the onset and progression of neurodegenerative diseases. It is plausible that similar dysfunctions in autophagy-lysosomal degradation contribute to tissue degeneration following implantation-induced focal brain injury, ultimately impacting recording performance. To understand how the focal, persistent brain injury caused by long-term microelectrode implantation impairs autophagy-lysosomal pathway, we employed two-photon microscopy and immunohistology. This investigation focused on the spatiotemporal characterization of autophagy-lysosomal activity near the chronically implanted microelectrode. We observed an aberrant accumulation of immature autophagy vesicles near the microelectrode over the chronic implantation period. Additionally, we found deficits in autophagy-lysosomal clearance proximal to the chronic implant, which was associated with an accumulation of autophagy cargo and a reduction in lysosomal protease level during the chronic period. Furthermore, our evidence demonstrates reactive astrocytes have myelin-containing lysosomes near the microelectrode, suggesting its role of myelin engulfment during acute implantation period. Together, this study sheds light on the process of brain tissue degeneration caused by long-term microelectrode implantation, with a specific focus on impaired intracellular waste degradation.
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- Keying Chen
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; NeuroTech Center, University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Sujatha Ravindran A, Contreras-Vidal J. An empirical comparison of deep learning explainability approaches for EEG using simulated ground truth. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17709. [PMID: 37853010 PMCID: PMC10584975 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43871-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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Recent advancements in machine learning and deep learning (DL) based neural decoders have significantly improved decoding capabilities using scalp electroencephalography (EEG). However, the interpretability of DL models remains an under-explored area. In this study, we compared multiple model explanation methods to identify the most suitable method for EEG and understand when some of these approaches might fail. A simulation framework was developed to evaluate the robustness and sensitivity of twelve back-propagation-based visualization methods by comparing to ground truth features. Multiple methods tested here showed reliability issues after randomizing either model weights or labels: e.g., the saliency approach, which is the most used visualization technique in EEG, was not class or model-specific. We found that DeepLift was consistently accurate as well as robust to detect the three key attributes tested here (temporal, spatial, and spectral precision). Overall, this study provides a review of model explanation methods for DL-based neural decoders and recommendations to understand when some of these methods fail and what they can capture in EEG.
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- Akshay Sujatha Ravindran
- Noninvasive Brain-Machine Interface System Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, 77204, USA.
- IUCRC BRAIN, University of Houston, Houston, 77204, USA.
- Alto Neuroscience, Los Altos, CA, 94022, USA.
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- Noninvasive Brain-Machine Interface System Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, 77204, USA
- IUCRC BRAIN, University of Houston, Houston, 77204, USA
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Tan J, Zhang X, Wu S, Song Z, Chen S, Huang Y, Wang Y. Audio-induced medial prefrontal cortical dynamics enhances coadaptive learning in brain-machine interfaces. J Neural Eng 2023; 20:056035. [PMID: 37812934 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad017d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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Objectives. Coadaptive brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) allow subjects and external devices to adapt to each other during the closed-loop control, which provides a promising solution for paralyzed individuals. Previous studies have focused on either improving sensory feedback to facilitate subject learning or developing adaptive algorithms to maintain stable decoder performance. In this work, we aim to design an efficient coadaptive BMI framework which not only facilitates the learning of subjects on new tasks with designed sensory feedback, but also improves decoders' learning ability by extracting sensory feedback-induced evaluation information.Approach. We designed dynamic audio feedback during the trial according to the subjects' performance when they were trained to learn a new behavioral task. We compared the learning performance of two groups of Sprague Dawley rats, one with and the other without the designed audio feedback to show whether this audio feedback could facilitate the subjects' learning. Compared with the traditional closed-loop in BMI systems, an additional closed-loop involving medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) activity was introduced into the coadaptive framework. The neural dynamics of audio-induced mPFC activity was analyzed to investigate whether a significant neural response could be triggered. This audio-induced response was then translated into reward expectation information to guide the learning of decoders on a new task. The multiday decoding performance of the decoders with and without audio-induced reward expectation was compared to investigate whether the extracted information could accelerate decoders to learn a new task.Main results. The behavior performance comparison showed that the average days for rats to achieve 80% well-trained behavioral performance was improved by 26.4% after introducing the designed audio feedback sequence. The analysis of neural dynamics showed that a significant neural response of mPFC activity could be elicited by the audio feedback and the visualization of audio-induced neural patterns was emerged and accompanied by the behavioral improvement of subjects. The multiday decoding performance comparison showed that the decoder taking the reward expectation information could achieve faster task learning by 33.8% on average across subjects.Significance. This study demonstrates that the designed audio feedback could improve the learning of subjects and the mPFC activity induced by audio feedback can be utilized to improve the decoder's learning efficiency on new tasks. The coadaptive framework involving mPFC dynamics in the closed-loop interaction can advance the BMIs into a more adaptive and efficient system with learning ability on new tasks.
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- Jieyuan Tan
- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, People's Republic of China
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, People's Republic of China
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Garwood IC, Major AJ, Antonini MJ, Correa J, Lee Y, Sahasrabudhe A, Mahnke MK, Miller EK, Brown EN, Anikeeva P. Multifunctional fibers enable modulation of cortical and deep brain activity during cognitive behavior in macaques. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadh0974. [PMID: 37801492 PMCID: PMC10558126 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh0974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
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Recording and modulating neural activity in vivo enables investigations of the neurophysiology underlying behavior and disease. However, there is a dearth of translational tools for simultaneous recording and localized receptor-specific modulation. We address this limitation by translating multifunctional fiber neurotechnology previously only available for rodent studies to enable cortical and subcortical neural recording and modulation in macaques. We record single-neuron and broader oscillatory activity during intracranial GABA infusions in the premotor cortex and putamen. By applying state-space models to characterize changes in electrophysiology, we uncover that neural activity evoked by a working memory task is reshaped by even a modest local inhibition. The recordings provide detailed insight into the electrophysiological effect of neurotransmitter receptor modulation in both cortical and subcortical structures in an awake macaque. Our results demonstrate a first-time application of multifunctional fibers for causal studies of neuronal activity in behaving nonhuman primates and pave the way for clinical translation of fiber-based neurotechnology.
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- Indie C. Garwood
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Institute for Medical Engineering and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Chen K, Cambi F, Kozai TDY. Pro-myelinating clemastine administration improves recording performance of chronically implanted microelectrodes and nearby neuronal health. Biomaterials 2023; 301:122210. [PMID: 37413842 PMCID: PMC10528716 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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Intracortical microelectrodes have become a useful tool in neuroprosthetic applications in the clinic and to understand neurological disorders in basic neurosciences. Many of these brain-machine interface technology applications require successful long-term implantation with high stability and sensitivity. However, the intrinsic tissue reaction caused by implantation remains a major failure mechanism causing loss of recorded signal quality over time. Oligodendrocytes remain an underappreciated intervention target to improve chronic recording performance. These cells can accelerate action potential propagation and provides direct metabolic support for neuronal health and functionality. However, implantation injury causes oligodendrocyte degeneration and leads to progressive demyelination in surrounding brain tissue. Previous work highlighted that healthy oligodendrocytes are necessary for greater electrophysiological recording performance and the prevention of neuronal silencing around implanted microelectrodes over the chronic implantation period. Thus, we hypothesize that enhancing oligodendrocyte activity with a pharmaceutical drug, Clemastine, will prevent the chronic decline of microelectrode recording performance. Electrophysiological evaluation showed that the promyelination Clemastine treatment significantly elevated the signal detectability and quality, rescued the loss of multi-unit activity, and increased functional interlaminar connectivity over 16-weeks of implantation. Additionally, post-mortem immunohistochemistry showed that increased oligodendrocyte density and myelination coincided with increased survival of both excitatory and inhibitory neurons near the implant. Overall, we showed a positive relationship between enhanced oligodendrocyte activity and neuronal health and functionality near the chronically implanted microelectrode. This study shows that therapeutic strategy that enhance oligodendrocyte activity is effective for integrating the functional device interface with brain tissue over chronic implantation period.
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- Keying Chen
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Veterans Administration Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; NeuroTech Center, University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Sadras N, Sani OG, Ahmadipour P, Shanechi MM. Post-stimulus encoding of decision confidence in EEG: toward a brain-computer interface for decision making. J Neural Eng 2023; 20:056012. [PMID: 37524073 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/acec14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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Objective.When making decisions, humans can evaluate how likely they are to be correct. If this subjective confidence could be reliably decoded from brain activity, it would be possible to build a brain-computer interface (BCI) that improves decision performance by automatically providing more information to the user if needed based on their confidence. But this possibility depends on whether confidence can be decoded right after stimulus presentation and before the response so that a corrective action can be taken in time. Although prior work has shown that decision confidence is represented in brain signals, it is unclear if the representation is stimulus-locked or response-locked, and whether stimulus-locked pre-response decoding is sufficiently accurate for enabling such a BCI.Approach.We investigate the neural correlates of confidence by collecting high-density electroencephalography (EEG) during a perceptual decision task with realistic stimuli. Importantly, we design our task to include a post-stimulus gap that prevents the confounding of stimulus-locked activity by response-locked activity and vice versa, and then compare with a task without this gap.Main results.We perform event-related potential and source-localization analyses. Our analyses suggest that the neural correlates of confidence are stimulus-locked, and that an absence of a post-stimulus gap could cause these correlates to incorrectly appear as response-locked. By preventing response-locked activity from confounding stimulus-locked activity, we then show that confidence can be reliably decoded from single-trial stimulus-locked pre-response EEG alone. We also identify a high-performance classification algorithm by comparing a battery of algorithms. Lastly, we design a simulated BCI framework to show that the EEG classification is accurate enough to build a BCI and that the decoded confidence could be used to improve decision making performance particularly when the task difficulty and cost of errors are high.Significance.Our results show feasibility of non-invasive EEG-based BCIs to improve human decision making.
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- Nitin Sadras
- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
- Department of Computer Science, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
- Neuroscience Graduate Program University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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Meng L, Jiang X, Huang J, Li W, Luo H, Wu D. User Identity Protection in EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interfaces. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2023; 31:3576-3586. [PMID: 37651476 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2023.3310883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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A brain-computer interface (BCI) establishes a direct communication pathway between the brain and an external device. Electroencephalogram (EEG) is the most popular input signal in BCIs, due to its convenience and low cost. Most research on EEG-based BCIs focuses on the accurate decoding of EEG signals; however, EEG signals also contain rich private information, e.g., user identity, emotion, and so on, which should be protected. This paper first exposes a serious privacy problem in EEG-based BCIs, i.e., the user identity in EEG data can be easily learned so that different sessions of EEG data from the same user can be associated together to more reliably mine private information. To address this issue, we further propose two approaches to convert the original EEG data into identity-unlearnable EEG data, i.e., removing the user identity information while maintaining the good performance on the primary BCI task. Experiments on seven EEG datasets from five different BCI paradigms showed that on average the generated identity-unlearnable EEG data can reduce the user identification accuracy from 70.01% to at most 21.36%, greatly facilitating user privacy protection in EEG-based BCIs.
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Luo J, Wang Y, Xia S, Lu N, Ren X, Shi Z, Hei X. A shallow mirror transformer for subject-independent motor imagery BCI. Comput Biol Med 2023; 164:107254. [PMID: 37499295 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Motor imagery BCI plays an increasingly important role in motor disorders rehabilitation. However, the position and duration of the discriminative segment in an EEG trial vary from subject to subject and even trial to trial, and this leads to poor performance of subject-independent motor imagery classification. Thus, determining how to detect and utilize the discriminative signal segments is crucial for improving the performance of subject-independent motor imagery BCI. APPROACH In this paper, a shallow mirror transformer is proposed for subject-independent motor imagery EEG classification. Specifically, a multihead self-attention layer with a global receptive field is employed to detect and utilize the discriminative segment from the entire input EEG trial. Furthermore, the mirror EEG signal and the mirror network structure are constructed to improve the classification precision based on ensemble learning. Finally, the subject-independent setup was used to evaluate the shallow mirror transformer on motor imagery EEG signals from subjects existing in the training set and new subjects. MAIN RESULTS The experiments results on BCI Competition IV datasets 2a and 2b and the OpenBMI dataset demonstrated the promising effectiveness of the proposed shallow mirror transformer. The shallow mirror transformer obtained average accuracies of 74.48% and 76.1% for new subjects and existing subjects, respectively, which were highest among the compared state-of-the-art methods. In addition, visualization of the attention score showed the ability of discriminative EEG segment detection. This paper demonstrated that multihead self-attention is effective in capturing global EEG signal information in motor imagery classification. SIGNIFICANCE This study provides an effective model based on a multihead self-attention layer for subject-independent motor imagery-based BCIs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the shallowest transformer model available, in which a small number of parameters promotes the performance in motor imagery EEG classification for such a small sample problem.
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- Jing Luo
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology and Human-Machine Integration Intelligent Robot Shaanxi University Engineering Research Center, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology and Human-Machine Integration Intelligent Robot Shaanxi University Engineering Research Center, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology and Human-Machine Integration Intelligent Robot Shaanxi University Engineering Research Center, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery & Center of Sleep Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology and Human-Machine Integration Intelligent Robot Shaanxi University Engineering Research Center, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology and Human-Machine Integration Intelligent Robot Shaanxi University Engineering Research Center, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Si X, He H, Yu J, Ming D. Cross-Subject Emotion Recognition Brain-Computer Interface Based on fNIRS and DBJNet. CYBORG AND BIONIC SYSTEMS 2023; 4:0045. [PMID: 37519929 PMCID: PMC10374245 DOI: 10.34133/cbsystems.0045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023] Open
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Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a noninvasive brain imaging technique that has gradually been applied in emotion recognition research due to its advantages of high spatial resolution, real time, and convenience. However, the current research on emotion recognition based on fNIRS is mainly limited to within-subject, and there is a lack of related work on emotion recognition across subjects. Therefore, in this paper, we designed an emotion evoking experiment with videos as stimuli and constructed the fNIRS emotion recognition database. On this basis, deep learning technology was introduced for the first time, and a dual-branch joint network (DBJNet) was constructed, creating the ability to generalize the model to new participants. The decoding performance obtained by the proposed model shows that fNIRS can effectively distinguish positive versus neutral versus negative emotions (accuracy is 74.8%, F1 score is 72.9%), and the decoding performance on the 2-category emotion recognition task of distinguishing positive versus neutral (accuracy is 89.5%, F1 score is 88.3%), negative versus neutral (accuracy is 91.7%, F1 score is 91.1%) proved fNIRS has a powerful ability to decode emotions. Furthermore, the results of the ablation study of the model structure demonstrate that the joint convolutional neural network branch and the statistical branch achieve the highest decoding performance. The work in this paper is expected to facilitate the development of fNIRS affective brain-computer interface.
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- Xiaopeng Si
- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine,
Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Neural Engineering,
Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
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- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine,
Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Neural Engineering,
Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Neural Engineering,
Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
- Tianjin International Engineering Institute,
Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
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- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine,
Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Neural Engineering,
Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
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Wang Z, Shi N, Zhang Y, Zheng N, Li H, Jiao Y, Cheng J, Wang Y, Zhang X, Chen Y, Chen Y, Wang H, Xie T, Wang Y, Ma Y, Gao X, Feng X. Conformal in-ear bioelectronics for visual and auditory brain-computer interfaces. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4213. [PMID: 37452047 PMCID: PMC10349124 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39814-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have attracted considerable attention in motor and language rehabilitation. Most devices use cap-based non-invasive, headband-based commercial products or microneedle-based invasive approaches, which are constrained for inconvenience, limited applications, inflammation risks and even irreversible damage to soft tissues. Here, we propose in-ear visual and auditory BCIs based on in-ear bioelectronics, named as SpiralE, which can adaptively expand and spiral along the auditory meatus under electrothermal actuation to ensure conformal contact. Participants achieve offline accuracies of 95% in 9-target steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) BCI classification and type target phrases successfully in a calibration-free 40-target online SSVEP speller experiment. Interestingly, in-ear SSVEPs exhibit significant 2nd harmonic tendencies, indicating that in-ear sensing may be complementary for studying harmonic spatial distributions in SSVEP studies. Moreover, natural speech auditory classification accuracy can reach 84% in cocktail party experiments. The SpiralE provides innovative concepts for designing 3D flexible bioelectronics and assists the development of biomedical engineering and neural monitoring.
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- Zhouheng Wang
- Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Institute of Flexible Electronics Technology of THU, Zhejiang, Jiaxing, 314000, China
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- Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
- AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
- AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Lu Z, Wang T, Zhang R. Editorial: Affective brain-computer interface in emotion artificial intelligence and medical engineering. Front Comput Neurosci 2023; 17:1237252. [PMID: 37496515 PMCID: PMC10367346 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2023.1237252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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Luo J, Li J, Mao Q, Shi Z, Liu H, Ren X, Hei X. Overlapping filter bank convolutional neural network for multisubject multicategory motor imagery brain-computer interface. BioData Min 2023; 16:19. [PMID: 37434221 DOI: 10.1186/s13040-023-00336-y] [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: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Motor imagery brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) is a classic and potential BCI technology achieving brain computer integration. In motor imagery BCI, the operational frequency band of the EEG greatly affects the performance of motor imagery EEG recognition model. However, as most algorithms used a broad frequency band, the discrimination from multiple sub-bands were not fully utilized. Thus, using convolutional neural network (CNNs) to extract discriminative features from EEG signals of different frequency components is a promising method in multisubject EEG recognition. METHODS This paper presents a novel overlapping filter bank CNN to incorporate discriminative information from multiple frequency components in multisubject motor imagery recognition. Specifically, two overlapping filter banks with fixed low-cut frequency or sliding low-cut frequency are employed to obtain multiple frequency component representations of EEG signals. Then, multiple CNN models are trained separately. Finally, the output probabilities of multiple CNN models are integrated to determine the predicted EEG label. RESULTS Experiments were conducted based on four popular CNN backbone models and three public datasets. And the results showed that the overlapping filter bank CNN was efficient and universal in improving multisubject motor imagery BCI performance. Specifically, compared with the original backbone model, the proposed method can improve the average accuracy by 3.69 percentage points, F1 score by 0.04, and AUC by 0.03. In addition, the proposed method performed best among the comparison with the state-of-the-art methods. CONCLUSION The proposed overlapping filter bank CNN framework with fixed low-cut frequency is an efficient and universal method to improve the performance of multisubject motor imagery BCI.
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- Jing Luo
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
- Human-Machine Integration Intelligent Robot Shaanxi University Engineering Research Center, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
- Human-Machine Integration Intelligent Robot Shaanxi University Engineering Research Center, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
- Human-Machine Integration Intelligent Robot Shaanxi University Engineering Research Center, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
- Human-Machine Integration Intelligent Robot Shaanxi University Engineering Research Center, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery & Center of Sleep Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery & Center of Sleep Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
- Human-Machine Integration Intelligent Robot Shaanxi University Engineering Research Center, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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Wu S, Wang Y. Applying Neural Manifold Constraint on Point Process Model for Neural Spike Prediction. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2023; 2023:1-4. [PMID: 38083695 DOI: 10.1109/embc40787.2023.10340489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Neural prostheses can compensate for functional losses caused by blocked neural pathways by modeling neural activities among cortical areas. Existing methods generally utilize point process models to predict neural spikes from one area to another, and optimize the model by maximizing the log-likelihood between model predictions and recorded activities of individual neurons. However, single-neuron recordings can be distorted, while neuron population activity tends to reside within a stable subspace called the neural manifold, which reflects the connectivity and correlation among output neurons. This paper proposes a neural manifold constraint to modify the loss function for model training. The constraint term minimizes the distance from model predictions to the empirical manifold to amend the model predictions from distorted recordings. We test our methods on synthetic data with distortion on output spike trains and evaluate the similarity between model predictions and original output spike trains by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The results show that the models trained with constraint have higher goodness-of-fit than those trained without constraint, which indicates the potential better approach for neural prostheses in noisy environments.
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Shirvalkar P, Prosky J, Chin G, Ahmadipour P, Sani OG, Desai M, Schmitgen A, Dawes H, Shanechi MM, Starr PA, Chang EF. First-in-human prediction of chronic pain state using intracranial neural biomarkers. Nat Neurosci 2023; 26:1090-1099. [PMID: 37217725 PMCID: PMC10330878 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-023-01338-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Chronic pain syndromes are often refractory to treatment and cause substantial suffering and disability. Pain severity is often measured through subjective report, while objective biomarkers that may guide diagnosis and treatment are lacking. Also, which brain activity underlies chronic pain on clinically relevant timescales, or how this relates to acute pain, remains unclear. Here four individuals with refractory neuropathic pain were implanted with chronic intracranial electrodes in the anterior cingulate cortex and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC). Participants reported pain metrics coincident with ambulatory, direct neural recordings obtained multiple times daily over months. We successfully predicted intraindividual chronic pain severity scores from neural activity with high sensitivity using machine learning methods. Chronic pain decoding relied on sustained power changes from the OFC, which tended to differ from transient patterns of activity associated with acute, evoked pain states during a task. Thus, intracranial OFC signals can be used to predict spontaneous, chronic pain state in patients.
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- Prasad Shirvalkar
- UCSF Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, Division of Pain Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- UCSF Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- UCSF Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- UCSF Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Ahmadipour P, Sani OG, Pesaran B, Shanechi MM. Multimodal subspace identification for modeling discrete-continuous spiking and field potential population activity. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.26.542509. [PMID: 37398400 PMCID: PMC10312539 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.26.542509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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Learning dynamical latent state models for multimodal spiking and field potential activity can reveal their collective low-dimensional dynamics and enable better decoding of behavior through multimodal fusion. Toward this goal, developing unsupervised learning methods that are computationally efficient is important, especially for real-time learning applications such as brain-machine interfaces (BMIs). However, efficient learning remains elusive for multimodal spike-field data due to their heterogeneous discrete-continuous distributions and different timescales. Here, we develop a multiscale subspace identification (multiscale SID) algorithm that enables computationally efficient modeling and dimensionality reduction for multimodal discrete-continuous spike-field data. We describe the spike-field activity as combined Poisson and Gaussian observations, for which we derive a new analytical subspace identification method. Importantly, we also introduce a novel constrained optimization approach to learn valid noise statistics, which is critical for multimodal statistical inference of the latent state, neural activity, and behavior. We validate the method using numerical simulations and spike-LFP population activity recorded during a naturalistic reach and grasp behavior. We find that multiscale SID accurately learned dynamical models of spike-field signals and extracted low-dimensional dynamics from these multimodal signals. Further, it fused multimodal information, thus better identifying the dynamical modes and predicting behavior compared to using a single modality. Finally, compared to existing multiscale expectation-maximization learning for Poisson-Gaussian observations, multiscale SID had a much lower computational cost while being better in identifying the dynamical modes and having a better or similar accuracy in predicting neural activity. Overall, multiscale SID is an accurate learning method that is particularly beneficial when efficient learning is of interest.
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Zhou L, Xie Y, Wang R, Fan Y, Wu Y. Dynamic segregation and integration of brain functional networks associated with emotional arousal. iScience 2023; 26:106609. [PMID: 37250309 PMCID: PMC10214403 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106609] [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: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 02/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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The organization of brain functional networks dynamically changes with emotional stimuli, but its relationship to emotional behaviors is still unclear. In the DEAP dataset, we used the nested-spectral partition approach to identify the hierarchical segregation and integration of functional networks and investigated the dynamic transitions between connectivity states under different arousal conditions. The frontal and right posterior parietal regions were dominant for network integration whereas the bilateral temporal, left posterior parietal, and occipital regions were responsible for segregation and functional flexibility. High emotional arousal behavior was associated with stronger network integration and more stable state transitions. Crucially, the connectivity states of frontal, central, and right parietal regions were closely related to arousal ratings in individuals. Besides, we predicted the individual emotional performance based on functional connectivity activities. Our results demonstrate that brain connectivity states are closely associated with emotional behaviors and could be reliable and robust indicators for emotional arousal.
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- Lv Zhou
- School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
- State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an 710049, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanics Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
- State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an 710049, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
- College of Science, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
- State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an 710049, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
- State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an 710049, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanics Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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Zhang Q, Hu S, Talay R, Xiao Z, Rosenberg D, Liu Y, Sun G, Li A, Caravan B, Singh A, Gould JD, Chen ZS, Wang J. A prototype closed-loop brain-machine interface for the study and treatment of pain. Nat Biomed Eng 2023; 7:533-545. [PMID: 34155354 PMCID: PMC9516430 DOI: 10.1038/s41551-021-00736-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Chronic pain is characterized by discrete pain episodes of unpredictable frequency and duration. This hinders the study of pain mechanisms and contributes to the use of pharmacological treatments associated with side effects, addiction and drug tolerance. Here, we show that a closed-loop brain-machine interface (BMI) can modulate sensory-affective experiences in real time in freely behaving rats by coupling neural codes for nociception directly with therapeutic cortical stimulation. The BMI decodes the onset of nociception via a state-space model on the basis of the analysis of online-sorted spikes recorded from the anterior cingulate cortex (which is critical for pain processing) and couples real-time pain detection with optogenetic activation of the prelimbic prefrontal cortex (which exerts top-down nociceptive regulation). In rats, the BMI effectively inhibited sensory and affective behaviours caused by acute mechanical or thermal pain, and by chronic inflammatory or neuropathic pain. The approach provides a blueprint for demand-based neuromodulation to treat sensory-affective disorders, and could be further leveraged for nociceptive control and to study pain mechanisms.
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- Qiaosheng Zhang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- College of Arts and Sciences, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Neuroscience & Physiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
- Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Neuroscience & Physiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
- Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Zaaimi B, Turnbull M, Hazra A, Wang Y, Gandara C, McLeod F, McDermott EE, Escobedo-Cousin E, Idil AS, Bailey RG, Tardio S, Patel A, Ponon N, Gausden J, Walsh D, Hutchings F, Kaiser M, Cunningham MO, Clowry GJ, LeBeau FEN, Constandinou TG, Baker SN, Donaldson N, Degenaar P, O'Neill A, Trevelyan AJ, Jackson A. Closed-loop optogenetic control of the dynamics of neural activity in non-human primates. Nat Biomed Eng 2023; 7:559-575. [PMID: 36266536 PMCID: PMC7614485 DOI: 10.1038/s41551-022-00945-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Electrical neurostimulation is effective in the treatment of neurological disorders, but associated recording artefacts generally limit its applications to open-loop stimuli. Real-time and continuous closed-loop control of brain activity can, however, be achieved by pairing concurrent electrical recordings and optogenetics. Here we show that closed-loop optogenetic stimulation with excitatory opsins enables the precise manipulation of neural dynamics in brain slices from transgenic mice and in anaesthetized non-human primates. The approach generates oscillations in quiescent tissue, enhances or suppresses endogenous patterns in active tissue and modulates seizure-like bursts elicited by the convulsant 4-aminopyridine. A nonlinear model of the phase-dependent effects of optical stimulation reproduced the modulation of cycles of local-field potentials associated with seizure oscillations, as evidenced by the systematic changes in the variability and entropy of the phase-space trajectories of seizures, which correlated with changes in their duration and intensity. We also show that closed-loop optogenetic neurostimulation could be delivered using intracortical optrodes incorporating light-emitting diodes. Closed-loop optogenetic approaches may be translatable to therapeutic applications in humans.
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- B Zaaimi
- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
- School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
- NIHR, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
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Abbaspourazad H, Erturk E, Pesaran B, Shanechi MM. Dynamical flexible inference of nonlinear latent structures in neural population activity. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.03.13.532479. [PMID: 36993605 PMCID: PMC10054986 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.13.532479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Inferring complex spatiotemporal dynamics in neural population activity is critical for investigating neural mechanisms and developing neurotechnology. These activity patterns are noisy observations of lower-dimensional latent factors and their nonlinear dynamical structure. A major unaddressed challenge is to model this nonlinear structure, but in a manner that allows for flexible inference, whether causally, non-causally, or in the presence of missing neural observations. We address this challenge by developing DFINE, a new neural network that separates the model into dynamic and manifold latent factors, such that the dynamics can be modeled in tractable form. We show that DFINE achieves flexible nonlinear inference across diverse behaviors and brain regions. Further, despite enabling flexible inference unlike prior neural network models of population activity, DFINE also better predicts the behavior and neural activity, and better captures the latent neural manifold structure. DFINE can both enhance future neurotechnology and facilitate investigations across diverse domains of neuroscience.
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Vahidi P, Sani OG, Shanechi MM. Modeling and dissociation of intrinsic and input-driven neural population dynamics underlying behavior. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.03.14.532554. [PMID: 36993213 PMCID: PMC10055042 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.14.532554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Neural dynamics can reflect intrinsic dynamics or dynamic inputs, such as sensory inputs or inputs from other regions. To avoid misinterpreting temporally-structured inputs as intrinsic dynamics, dynamical models of neural activity should account for measured inputs. However, incorporating measured inputs remains elusive in joint dynamical modeling of neural-behavioral data, which is important for studying neural computations of a specific behavior. We first show how training dynamical models of neural activity while considering behavior but not input, or input but not behavior may lead to misinterpretations. We then develop a novel analytical learning method that simultaneously accounts for neural activity, behavior, and measured inputs. The method provides the new capability to prioritize the learning of intrinsic behaviorally relevant neural dynamics and dissociate them from both other intrinsic dynamics and measured input dynamics. In data from a simulated brain with fixed intrinsic dynamics that performs different tasks, the method correctly finds the same intrinsic dynamics regardless of task while other methods can be influenced by the change in task. In neural datasets from three subjects performing two different motor tasks with task instruction sensory inputs, the method reveals low-dimensional intrinsic neural dynamics that are missed by other methods and are more predictive of behavior and/or neural activity. The method also uniquely finds that the intrinsic behaviorally relevant neural dynamics are largely similar across the three subjects and two tasks whereas the overall neural dynamics are not. These input-driven dynamical models of neural-behavioral data can uncover intrinsic dynamics that may otherwise be missed.
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Hu Z, Niu Q, Hsiao BS, Yao X, Zhang Y. Bioactive polymer-enabled conformal neural interface and its application strategies. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:808-828. [PMID: 36597872 DOI: 10.1039/d2mh01125e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Neural interface is a powerful tool to control the varying neuron activities in the brain, where the performance can directly affect the quality of recording neural signals and the reliability of in vivo connection between the brain and external equipment. Recent advances in bioelectronic innovation have provided promising pathways to fabricate flexible electrodes by integrating electrodes on bioactive polymer substrates. These bioactive polymer-based electrodes can enable the conformal contact with irregular tissue and result in low inflammation when compared to conventional rigid inorganic electrodes. In this review, we focus on the use of silk fibroin and cellulose biopolymers as well as certain synthetic polymers to offer the desired flexibility for constructing electrode substrates for a conformal neural interface. First, the development of a neural interface is reviewed, and the signal recording methods and tissue response features of the implanted electrodes are discussed in terms of biocompatibility and flexibility of corresponding neural interfaces. Following this, the material selection, structure design and integration of conformal neural interfaces accompanied by their effective applications are described. Finally, we offer our perspectives on the evolution of desired bioactive polymer-enabled neural interfaces, regarding the biocompatibility, electrical properties and mechanical softness.
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- Zhanao Hu
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794-3400, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People's Republic of China.
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Bergeron D, Iorio-Morin C, Bonizzato M, Lajoie G, Orr Gaucher N, Racine É, Weil AG. Use of Invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces in Pediatric Neurosurgery: Technical and Ethical Considerations. J Child Neurol 2023; 38:223-238. [PMID: 37116888 PMCID: PMC10226009 DOI: 10.1177/08830738231167736] [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: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Invasive brain-computer interfaces hold promise to alleviate disabilities in individuals with neurologic injury, with fully implantable brain-computer interface systems expected to reach the clinic in the upcoming decade. Children with severe neurologic disabilities, like quadriplegic cerebral palsy or cervical spine trauma, could benefit from this technology. However, they have been excluded from clinical trials of intracortical brain-computer interface to date. In this manuscript, we discuss the ethical considerations related to the use of invasive brain-computer interface in children with severe neurologic disabilities. We first review the technical hardware and software considerations for the application of intracortical brain-computer interface in children. We then discuss ethical issues related to motor brain-computer interface use in pediatric neurosurgery. Finally, based on the input of a multidisciplinary panel of experts in fields related to brain-computer interface (functional and restorative neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, mathematics and artificial intelligence research, neuroengineering, pediatric ethics, and pragmatic ethics), we then formulate initial recommendations regarding the clinical use of invasive brain-computer interfaces in children.
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- David Bergeron
- Division of Neurosurgery, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Neuroscience Department and Centre
interdisciplinaire de recherche sur le cerveau et l’apprentissage (CIRCA), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Mathematics and Statistics Department, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Mila - Québec AI Institute, Montréal,
Québec, Canada
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- Department of Pediatric Emergency
Medicine, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Bureau de l’Éthique clinique, Faculté
de médecine de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Pragmatic Research Unit, Institute de
Recherche Clinique de Montréal (IRCM), Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Medicine and Department
of Social and Preventative Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department
of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CHUSJ), Département de
Pédiatrie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Brain and Development Research Axis,
CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Chen K, Cambi F, Kozai TDY. Pro-myelinating Clemastine administration improves recording performance of chronically implanted microelectrodes and nearby neuronal health. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.31.526463. [PMID: 36778360 PMCID: PMC9915570 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.31.526463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Intracortical microelectrodes have become a useful tool in neuroprosthetic applications in the clinic and to understand neurological disorders in basic neurosciences. Many of these brain-machine interface technology applications require successful long-term implantation with high stability and sensitivity. However, the intrinsic tissue reaction caused by implantation remains a major failure mechanism causing loss of recorded signal quality over time. Oligodendrocytes remain an underappreciated intervention target to improve chronic recording performance. These cells can accelerate action potential propagation and provides direct metabolic support for neuronal health and functionality. However, implantation injury causes oligodendrocyte degeneration and leads to progressive demyelination in surrounding brain tissue. Previous work highlighted that healthy oligodendrocytes are necessary for greater electrophysiological recording performance and the prevention of neuronal silencing around implanted microelectrodes over chronic implantation. Thus, we hypothesize that enhancing oligodendrocyte activity with a pharmaceutical drug, Clemastine, will prevent the chronic decline of microelectrode recording performance. Electrophysiological evaluation showed that the promyelination Clemastine treatment significantly elevated the signal detectability and quality, rescued the loss of multi-unit activity, and increased functional interlaminar connectivity over 16-weeks of implantation. Additionally, post-mortem immunohistochemistry showed that increased oligodendrocyte density and myelination coincided with increased survival of both excitatory and inhibitory neurons near the implant. Overall, we showed a positive relationship between enhanced oligodendrocyte activity and neuronal health and functionality near the chronically implanted microelectrode. This study shows that therapeutic strategy that enhance oligodendrocyte activity is effective for integrating the functional device interface with brain tissue over chronic implantation period. Abstract Figure
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Wu Z, She Q, Hou Z, Li Z, Tian K, Ma Y. Multi-source online transfer algorithm based on source domain selection for EEG classification. MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING : MBE 2023; 20:4560-4573. [PMID: 36896512 DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2023211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The non-stationary nature of electroencephalography (EEG) signals and individual variability makes it challenging to obtain EEG signals from users by utilizing brain-computer interface techniques. Most of the existing transfer learning methods are based on batch learning in offline mode, which cannot adapt well to the changes generated by EEG signals in the online situation. To address this problem, a multi-source online migrating EEG classification algorithm based on source domain selection is proposed in this paper. By utilizing a small number of labeled samples from the target domain, the source domain selection method selects the source domain data similar to the target data from multiple source domains. After training a classifier for each source domain, the proposed method adjusts the weight coefficients of each classifier according to the prediction results to avoid the negative transfer problem. This algorithm was applied to two publicly available motor imagery EEG datasets, namely, BCI Competition Ⅳ Dataset Ⅱa and BNCI Horizon 2020 Dataset 2, and it achieved average accuracies of 79.29 and 70.86%, respectively, which are superior to those of several multi-source online transfer algorithms, confirming the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
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- Zizhuo Wu
- School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, China
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- School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, China
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- School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, China
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- School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, China
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- Zhejiang Kende Mechanical & Electrical Corporation
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- School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, China
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Taylor SF, Martz ME. Real-time fMRI neurofeedback: the promising potential of brain-training technology to advance clinical neuroscience. Neuropsychopharmacology 2023; 48:238-239. [PMID: 35915228 PMCID: PMC9700826 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-022-01397-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Stephan F Taylor
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Fang H, Yang Y. Predictive neuromodulation of cingulo-frontal neural dynamics in major depressive disorder using a brain-computer interface system: A simulation study. Front Comput Neurosci 2023; 17:1119685. [PMID: 36950505 PMCID: PMC10025398 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2023.1119685] [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: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Introduction Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a promising therapy for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (MDD). MDD involves the dysfunction of a brain network that can exhibit complex nonlinear neural dynamics in multiple frequency bands. However, current open-loop and responsive DBS methods cannot track the complex multiband neural dynamics in MDD, leading to imprecise regulation of symptoms, variable treatment effects among patients, and high battery power consumption. Methods Here, we develop a closed-loop brain-computer interface (BCI) system of predictive neuromodulation for treating MDD. We first use a biophysically plausible ventral anterior cingulate cortex (vACC)-dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) neural mass model of MDD to simulate nonlinear and multiband neural dynamics in response to DBS. We then use offline system identification to build a dynamic model that predicts the DBS effect on neural activity. We next use the offline identified model to design an online BCI system of predictive neuromodulation. The online BCI system consists of a dynamic brain state estimator and a model predictive controller. The brain state estimator estimates the MDD brain state from the history of neural activity and previously delivered DBS patterns. The predictive controller takes the estimated MDD brain state as the feedback signal and optimally adjusts DBS to regulate the MDD neural dynamics to therapeutic targets. We use the vACC-dlPFC neural mass model as a simulation testbed to test the BCI system and compare it with state-of-the-art open-loop and responsive DBS treatments of MDD. Results We demonstrate that our dynamic model accurately predicts nonlinear and multiband neural activity. Consequently, the predictive neuromodulation system accurately regulates the neural dynamics in MDD, resulting in significantly smaller control errors and lower DBS battery power consumption than open-loop and responsive DBS. Discussion Our results have implications for developing future precisely-tailored clinical closed-loop DBS treatments for MDD.
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- Hao Fang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
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- Ministry of Education (MOE) Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain-Machine Integration, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- State Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- *Correspondence: Yuxiao Yang
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Steins H, Mierzejewski M, Brauns L, Stumpf A, Kohler A, Heusel G, Corna A, Herrmann T, Jones PD, Zeck G, von Metzen R, Stieglitz T. A flexible protruding microelectrode array for neural interfacing in bioelectronic medicine. MICROSYSTEMS & NANOENGINEERING 2022; 8:131. [PMID: 36568135 PMCID: PMC9772315 DOI: 10.1038/s41378-022-00466-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Recording neural signals from delicate autonomic nerves is a challenging task that requires the development of a low-invasive neural interface with highly selective, micrometer-sized electrodes. This paper reports on the development of a three-dimensional (3D) protruding thin-film microelectrode array (MEA), which is intended to be used for recording low-amplitude neural signals from pelvic nervous structures by penetrating the nerves transversely to reduce the distance to the axons. Cylindrical gold pillars (Ø 20 or 50 µm, ~60 µm height) were fabricated on a micromachined polyimide substrate in an electroplating process. Their sidewalls were insulated with parylene C, and their tips were optionally modified by wet etching and/or the application of a titanium nitride (TiN) coating. The microelectrodes modified by these combined techniques exhibited low impedances (~7 kΩ at 1 kHz for Ø 50 µm microelectrode with the exposed surface area of ~5000 µm²) and low intrinsic noise levels. Their functionalities were evaluated in an ex vivo pilot study with mouse retinae, in which spontaneous neuronal spikes were recorded with amplitudes of up to 66 µV. This novel process strategy for fabricating flexible, 3D neural interfaces with low-impedance microelectrodes has the potential to selectively record neural signals from not only delicate structures such as retinal cells but also autonomic nerves with improved signal quality to study neural circuits and develop stimulation strategies in bioelectronic medicine, e.g., for the control of vital digestive functions.
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- Helen Steins
- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany
- Laboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany
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- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany
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- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany
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- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany
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- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany
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- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany
- Institute of Biomedical Electronics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany
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- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany
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- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany
- Institute of Biomedical Electronics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany
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- Laboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Bernstein Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- BrainLinks-BrainTools, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Multi-source manifold feature transfer learning with domain selection for brain-computer interfaces. Neurocomputing 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2022.09.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Song CY, Hsieh HL, Pesaran B, Shanechi MM. Modeling and inference methods for switching regime-dependent dynamical systems with multiscale neural observations. J Neural Eng 2022; 19. [PMID: 36261030 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac9b94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Objective.Realizing neurotechnologies that enable long-term neural recordings across multiple spatial-temporal scales during naturalistic behaviors requires new modeling and inference methods that can simultaneously address two challenges. First, the methods should aggregate information across all activity scales from multiple recording sources such as spiking and field potentials. Second, the methods should detect changes in the regimes of behavior and/or neural dynamics during naturalistic scenarios and long-term recordings. Prior regime detection methods are developed for a single scale of activity rather than multiscale activity, and prior multiscale methods have not considered regime switching and are for stationary cases.Approach.Here, we address both challenges by developing a switching multiscale dynamical system model and the associated filtering and smoothing methods. This model describes the encoding of an unobserved brain state in multiscale spike-field activity. It also allows for regime-switching dynamics using an unobserved regime state that dictates the dynamical and encoding parameters at every time-step. We also design the associated switching multiscale inference methods that estimate both the unobserved regime and brain states from simultaneous spike-field activity.Main results.We validate the methods in both extensive numerical simulations and prefrontal spike-field data recorded in a monkey performing saccades for fluid rewards. We show that these methods can successfully combine the spiking and field potential observations to simultaneously track the regime and brain states accurately. Doing so, these methods lead to better state estimation compared with single-scale switching methods or stationary multiscale methods. Also, for single-scale linear Gaussian observations, the new switching smoother can better generalize to diverse system settings compared to prior switching smoothers.Significance.These modeling and inference methods effectively incorporate both regime-detection and multiscale observations. As such, they could facilitate investigation of latent switching neural population dynamics and improve future brain-machine interfaces by enabling inference in naturalistic scenarios where regime-dependent multiscale activity and behavior arise.
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- Christian Y Song
- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience, and Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.,Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.,Department of Computer Science, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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Troup LJ, Zhang W. Editorial: Methods and applications in emotion science. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1058322. [DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1058322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Li S, Wu H, Ding L, Wu D. Meta-Learning for Fast and Privacy-Preserving Source Knowledge Transfer of EEG-Based BCIs. IEEE COMPUT INTELL M 2022. [DOI: 10.1109/mci.2022.3199622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Siyang Li
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
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