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Todd NPM, Govender S, Hochstrasser D, Keller PE, Colebatch JG. Extended source analysis of movement related potentials (MRPs) for self-paced hand and foot movements demonstrates opposing cerebral and cerebellar laterality: a preliminary study. Neurosci Lett 2023; 815:137476. [PMID: 37714289 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137476] [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: 07/23/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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The cerebellum is known to have extensive reciprocal connectivity with the cerebral cortex, including with prefrontal and posterior parietal cortex, which play an important role on the planning and execution of voluntary movement. In the present article we report an exploratory non-invasive electrophysiological study of the activity of the cerebellum and cerebrum during voluntary finger and foot movements. In a sample of five healthy adult subjects, we recorded EEG and the electro-cerebellogram (ECeG) with a 10% cerebellar extension montage during voluntary left and right index finger and foot movements. EMG was recorded from finger extensors and flexors and from the tibialis anterior and soleus muscles and was used to generate triggers for movement related averaging (-2000 to +2000 ms). Source analysis was conducted over five epochs defined relative to EMG onset: whole epoch (-1000 to +1000 ms), pre-move 1000 (-1000 to 0 ms), pre-move 500 (-500 to 0 ms), post-move 500 (0 to +500 ms) and post-move 1000 (0 to +1000 ms). This yielded a total of 123 cerebral and 65 cerebellar dipole clusters from across all epochs, including the pre-movement epochs, which were then subject to statistical analysis. These demonstrated predominantly contralateral dominance for the cerebral clusters, but predominantly ipsilateral dominance for the cerebellar clusters. In addition, both cerebral and cerebellar clusters showed evidence of a somatotopic gradient, medially (X-axis) for the cerebral clusters, and medially and dorso-ventrally (Z-axis) for the cerebellar clusters. These findings support the value of recording cerebellar ECeG and demonstrate its potential to contribute to understanding cerebellar function.
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- Neil P M Todd
- Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QC, UK; UNSW Clinical School, Randwick Campus, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- UNSW Clinical School, Randwick Campus, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Neuroscience Research Australia, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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- MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia; Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- UNSW Clinical School, Randwick Campus, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Neuroscience Research Australia, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Notturno F, Croce P, Ornello R, Sacco S, Zappasodi F. Yield of EEG features as markers of disease severity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a pilot study. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2022; 24:295-303. [PMID: 37078278 DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2022.2152696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To clarify the role of electroencephalography (EEG) as a promising marker of severity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We characterized the brain spatio-temporal patterns activity at rest by means of both spectral band powers and EEG microstates and correlated these features with clinical scores. METHODS Eyes closed EEG was acquired in 15 patients with ALS and spectral band power was calculated in frequency bands, defined on the basis of individual alpha frequency (IAF): delta-theta band (1-7 Hz); low alpha (IAF - 2 Hz - IAF); high alpha (IAF - IAF + 2 Hz); beta (13 - 25 Hz). EEG microstate metrics (duration, occurrence, and coverage) were also evaluated. Spectral band powers and microstate metrics were correlated with several clinical scores of disabilities and disease progression. As a control group, 15 healthy volunteers were enrolled. RESULTS The beta-band power in motor/frontal regions was higher in patients with higher disease burden, negatively correlated with clinical severity scores and positively correlated with disease progression. Overall microstate duration was longer and microstate occurrence was lower in patients than in controls. Longer duration was correlated with a worse clinical status. CONCLUSIONS Our results showed that beta-band power and microstate metrics may be good candidates of disease severity in ALS. Increased beta and longer microstate duration in clinically worse patients suggest a possible impairment of both motor and non-motor network activities to fast modify their status. This can be interpreted as an attempt in ALS patients to compensate the disability but resulting in an ineffective and probably maladaptive behavior.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University “Gabriele d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University “Gabriele d’Annunzio” of Chieti–Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, and
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, and
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University “Gabriele d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University “Gabriele d’Annunzio” of Chieti–Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, University “Gabriele d’Annunzio” of Chieti–Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Gilbert ZD, Martin Del Campo-Vera R, Tang AM, Chen KH, Sebastian R, Shao A, Tabarsi E, Chung RS, Leonor A, Sundaram S, Heck C, Nune G, Liu CY, Kellis S, Lee B. Baseline hippocampal beta band power Is lower in the presence of movement uncertainty. J Neural Eng 2022; 19. [PMID: 35803209 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac7fb9] [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: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective This study aimed to characterize hippocampal neural signatures of uncertainty by measuring beta band power in the period prior to movement cue. Approach Participants with epilepsy were implanted with hippocampal depth electrodes for stereo electroencephalographic (SEEG) monitoring. Hippocampal beta (13-30 Hz) power changes have been observed during motor tasks such as the direct reach (DR) and Go/No-Go (GNG) tasks. The primary difference between the tasks is the presence of uncertainty about whether movement should be executed. Previous research on cortical responses to uncertainty has found that baseline beta power changes with uncertainty. SEEG data were sampled throughout phases of the DR and GNG tasks. Beta-band power during the fixation phase was compared between the DR and GNG task using a Wilcoxon rank sum test. This unpaired test was also used to analyze response times from cue to task completion between tasks. Main Results Eight patients who performed both reaching tasks were analyzed in this study. Movement response times in the GNG task were on average 210 milliseconds slower than in the DR task. All patients exhibited a significantly increased response latency in the GNG task compared to the DR task (Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value < 0.001). Six out of eight patients demonstrated statistically significant differences in beta power in single hippocampal contacts between the fixation phases of the GNG and DR tasks. At the group level, baseline beta power was significantly lower in the GNG task than in the DR task (Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value < 0.001). Significance This novel study found that, in the presence of task uncertainty, baseline beta power in the hippocampus is lower than in its absence. This finding implicates movement uncertainty as an important factor in baseline hippocampal beta power during movement preparation.
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- Zachary D Gilbert
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Neurorestoration Center and Department of Neurology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 2051 Marengo Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Neurorestoration Center and Department of Neurology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 2051 Marengo Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Neurorestoration Center and Department of Neurological Surgery and Neurology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Neurorestoration Center and Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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- Neuroresotoration Center and Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 N State Street, Los Angeles, California, 90033, UNITED STATES
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Chen KH, Tang AM, Gilbert ZD, Del Campo-Vera RM, Sebastian R, Gogia AS, Sundaram S, Tabarsi E, Lee Y, Lee R, Nune G, Liu CY, Kellis S, Lee B. Theta low-gamma phase amplitude coupling in the human orbitofrontal cortex increases during a conflict-processing task. J Neural Eng 2022; 19:10.1088/1741-2552/ac4f9b. [PMID: 35086075 PMCID: PMC8900540 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac4f9b] [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: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective. The human orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is involved in automatic response inhibition and conflict processing, but the mechanism of frequency-specific power changes that control these functions is unknown. Theta and gamma activity have been independently observed in the OFC during conflict processing, while theta-gamma interactions in other brain areas have been noted primarily in studies of memory. Within the OFC, it is possible that theta-gamma phase amplitude coupling (PAC) drives conflict processing. This study aims to characterize the coupled relationship between theta and gamma frequency bands in the OFC during conflict processing using a modified Stroop task.Approach. Eight epilepsy patients implanted with OFC stereotactic electroencephalography electrodes participated in a color-word modified Stroop task. PAC between theta phase and gamma amplitude was assessed to determine the timing and magnitude of neural oscillatory changes. Group analysis was conducted using a non-parametric cluster-permutationt-test on coherence values.Main results.Theta-low gamma (LG) PAC significantly increased in five out of eight patients during successful trials of the incongruent condition compared with the congruent condition. Significant increases in theta-LG PAC were most prominent during cue processing 200-800 ms after cue presentation. On group analysis, trial-averaged mean theta-LG PAC was statistically significantly greater in the incongruent condition compared to the congruent condition (p< 0.001, Cohen'sd= 0.51).Significance.For the first time, we report that OFC theta phase and LG amplitude coupling increases during conflict resolution. Given the delayed onset after cue presentation, OFC theta-LG PAC may contribute to conflict processing after conflict detection and before motor response. This explanation follows the hypothesis that global theta waves modulate local gamma signals. Understanding this relationship within the OFC will help further elucidate the neural mechanisms of human conflict resolution.
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- Kuang-Hsuan Chen
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States,USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States,USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States,USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States,USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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del Campo-Vera RM, Tang AM, Gogia AS, Chen KH, Sebastian R, Gilbert ZD, Nune G, Liu CY, Kellis S, Lee B. Neuromodulation in Beta-Band Power Between Movement Execution and Inhibition in the Human Hippocampus. Neuromodulation 2022; 25:232-244. [PMID: 35125142 PMCID: PMC8727636 DOI: 10.1111/ner.13486] [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: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The hippocampus is thought to be involved in movement, but its precise role in movement execution and inhibition has not been well studied. Previous work with direct neural recordings has found beta-band (13-30 Hz) modulation in both movement execution and inhibition throughout the motor system, but the role of beta-band modulation in the hippocampus during movement inhibition is not well understood. Here, we perform a Go/No-Go reaching task in ten patients with medically refractory epilepsy to study human hippocampal beta-power changes during movement. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten epilepsy patients (5 female; ages 21-46) were implanted with intracranial depth electrodes for seizure monitoring and localization. Local field potentials were sampled at 2000 Hz during a Go/No-Go movement task. Comparison of beta-band power between Go and No-Go conditions was conducted using Wilcoxon signed-rank hypothesis testing for each patient. Sub-analyses were conducted to assess differences in the anterior vs posterior contacts, ipsilateral vs contralateral contacts, and male vs female beta-power values. RESULTS Eight out of ten patients showed significant beta-power decreases during the Go movement response (p < 0.05) compared to baseline. Eight out of ten patients also showed significant beta-power increases in the No-Go condition, occurring in the absence of movement. No significant differences were noted between ipsilateral vs contralateral contacts nor in anterior vs posterior hippocampal contacts. Female participants had a higher task success rate than males and had significantly greater beta-power increases in the No-Go condition (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION These findings indicate that increases in hippocampal beta power are associated with movement inhibition. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to report this phenomenon in the human hippocampus. The beta band may represent a state-change signal involved in motor processing. Future focus on the beta band in understanding human motor and impulse control will be vital.
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- Roberto Martin del Campo-Vera
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States,USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States,USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, United States,Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States,USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, United States,Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States,Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Brain-Machine Interface Center, Chen Institute for Neuroscience, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States,USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, United States,Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
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Chen KH, Gogia AS, Tang A, Martin Del Campo-Vera R, Sebastian R, Nune G, Wong J, Liu C, Kellis S, Lee B. Beta-band modulation in the human hippocampus during a conflict response task. J Neural Eng 2020; 17. [PMID: 33059331 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/abc1b8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
Objective Identify the role of beta-band (13-30 Hz) power modulation in the human hippocampus during conflict processing. Approach We investigated changes in the spectral power of the beta band (13-30 Hz) as measured by depth electrode leads in the hippocampus during a modified Stroop task in six patients with medically-refractory epilepsy. Previous work done with direct electrophysiological recordings in humans has shown hippocampal theta-band (3-8 Hz) modulation during conflict processing. Local field potentials (LFP) sampled at 2k Hz were used for analysis and a non-parametric cluster-permutation t-test was used to identify the time period and frequency ranges of significant power change during cue processing (i.e. post-stimulus, pre-response). Main Results In five of the six patients, we observe a statistically significant increase in hippocampal beta-band power during successful conflict processing in the incongruent trial condition (cluster-based correction for multiple comparisons, p < 0.05). There was no significant beta-band power change observed during the cue processing period of the congruent condition in the hippocampus of these patients. Significance The beta-power changes during conflict processing represented here are consistent with previous studies suggesting that the hippocampus plays a role in conflict processing, but it is the first time that the beta band has been shown to be involved in humans with direct electrophysiological evidence. We propose that beta-band modulation plays a role in successful conflict detection and automatic response inhibition in the human hippocampus as studied during a conflict response task.
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- Kuang-Hsuan Chen
- Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, UNITED STATES
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- University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, 90089-9034, UNITED STATES
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- Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, 90089-9034, UNITED STATES
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- Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, UNITED STATES
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- USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, UNITED STATES
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- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90089-0001, UNITED STATES
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- Neuroresotoration Center and Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, UNITED STATES
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- Neurosurgery, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, UNITED STATES
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- Neuroresotoration Center and Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, UNITED STATES
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