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Deli A, Toth R, Zamora M, Divanbeighi Zand AP, Green AL, Denison T. The Design of Brainstem Interfaces: Characterisation of Physiological Artefacts and Implications for Closed-loop Algorithms. INTERNATIONAL IEEE/EMBS CONFERENCE ON NEURAL ENGINEERING : [PROCEEDINGS]. INTERNATIONAL IEEE EMBS CONFERENCE ON NEURAL ENGINEERING 2023; 2023:10123850. [PMID: 37249946 PMCID: PMC7614576 DOI: 10.1109/ner52421.2023.10123850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Surgical neuromodulation through implantable devices allows for stimulation delivery to subcortical regions, crucial for symptom control in many debilitating neurological conditions. Novel closed-loop algorithms deliver therapy tailor-made to endogenous physiological activity, however rely on precise sensing of signals such as subcortical oscillations. The frequency of such intrinsic activity can vary depending on subcortical target nucleus, while factors such as regional anatomy may also contribute to variability in sensing signals. While artefact parameters have been explored in more 'standard' and commonly used targets (such as the basal ganglia, which are implanted in movement disorders), characterisation in novel candidate nuclei is still under investigation. One such important area is the brainstem, which contains nuclei crucial for arousal and autonomic regulation. The brainstem provides additional implantation targets for treatment indications in disorders of consciousness and sleep, yet poses distinct anatomical challenges compared to central subcortical targets. Here we investigate the region-specific artefacts encountered during activity and rest while streaming data from brainstem implants with a cranially-mounted device in two patients. Such artefacts result from this complex anatomical environment and its interactions with physiological parameters such as head movement and cardiac functions. The implications of the micromotion-induced artefacts, and potential mitigation, are then considered for future closed-loop stimulation methods.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alceste Deli
- Department of Neurosurgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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Schmitgen A, Saal J, Sankaran N, Desai M, Joseph I, Starr P, Chang EF, Shirvalkar P. Musical Hallucinations in Chronic Pain: The Anterior Cingulate Cortex Regulates Internally Generated Percepts. Front Neurol 2021; 12:669172. [PMID: 34017308 PMCID: PMC8129573 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.669172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) has been extensively implicated in the functional brain network underlying chronic pain. Electrical stimulation of the ACC has been proposed as a therapy for refractory chronic pain, although, mechanisms of therapeutic action are still unclear. As stimulation of the ACC has been reported to produce many different behavioral and perceptual responses, this region likely plays a varied role in sensory and emotional integration as well as modulating internally generated perceptual states. In this case series, we report the emergence of subjective musical hallucinations (MH) after electrical stimulation of the ACC in two patients with refractory chronic pain. In an N-of-1 analysis from one patient, we identified neural activity (local field potentials) that distinguish MH from both the non-MH condition and during a task involving music listening. Music hallucinations were associated with reduced alpha band activity and increased gamma band activity in the ACC. Listening to similar music was associated with different changes in ACC alpha and gamma power, extending prior results that internally generated perceptual phenomena are supported by circuits in the ACC. We discuss these findings in the context of phantom perceptual phenomena and posit a framework whereby chronic pain may be interpreted as a persistent internally generated percept.
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- Ashlyn Schmitgen
- Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Chen Y, Ma B, Hao H, Li L. Removal of Electrocardiogram Artifacts From Local Field Potentials Recorded by Sensing-Enabled Neurostimulator. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:637274. [PMID: 33912002 PMCID: PMC8071948 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.637274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Sensing-enabled neurostimulators are an advanced technology for chronic observation of brain activities, and show great potential for closed-loop neuromodulation and as implantable brain-computer interfaces. However, local field potentials (LFPs) recorded by sensing-enabled neurostimulators can be contaminated by electrocardiogram (ECG) signals due to complex recording conditions and limited common-mode-rejection-ratio (CMRR). In this study, we propose a solution for removing such ECG artifacts from local field potentials (LFPs) recorded by a sensing-enabled neurostimulator. A synchronized monopolar channel was added as an ECG reference, and two pre-existing methods, i.e., template subtraction and adaptive filtering, were then applied. ECG artifacts were successfully removed and the performance of the method was insensitive to residual stimulation artifacts. This approach to removal of ECG artifacts broadens the range of applications of sensing-enabled neurostimulators.
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- Yue Chen
- National Engineering Laboratory for Neuromodulation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Neuromodulation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Neuromodulation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Neuromodulation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.,Precision Medicine & Healthcare Research Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China.,International Data Group (IDG)/McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.,Institute of Epilepsy, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China
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Neumann WJ, Memarian Sorkhabi M, Benjaber M, Feldmann LK, Saryyeva A, Krauss JK, Contarino MF, Sieger T, Jech R, Tinkhauser G, Pollo C, Palmisano C, Isaias IU, Cummins DD, Little SJ, Starr PA, Kokkinos V, Gerd-Helge S, Herrington T, Brown P, Richardson RM, Kühn AA, Denison T. The sensitivity of ECG contamination to surgical implantation site in brain computer interfaces. Brain Stimul 2021; 14:1301-1306. [PMID: 34428554 PMCID: PMC8460992 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2021.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Brain sensing devices are approved today for Parkinson's, essential tremor, and epilepsy therapies. Clinical decisions for implants are often influenced by the premise that patients will benefit from using sensing technology. However, artifacts, such as ECG contamination, can render such treatments unreliable. Therefore, clinicians need to understand how surgical decisions may affect artifact probability. OBJECTIVES Investigate neural signal contamination with ECG activity in sensing enabled neurostimulation systems, and in particular clinical choices such as implant location that impact signal fidelity. METHODS Electric field modeling and empirical signals from 85 patients were used to investigate the relationship between implant location and ECG contamination. RESULTS The impact on neural recordings depends on the difference between ECG signal and noise floor of the electrophysiological recording. Empirically, we demonstrate that severe ECG contamination was more than 3.2x higher in left-sided subclavicular implants (48.3%), when compared to right-sided implants (15.3%). Cranial implants did not show ECG contamination. CONCLUSIONS Given the relative frequency of corrupted neural signals, we conclude that implant location will impact the ability of brain sensing devices to be used for "closed-loop" algorithms. Clinical adjustments such as implant location can significantly affect signal integrity and need consideration.
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- Wolf-Julian Neumann
- Movement Disorder and Neuromodulation Unit, Department of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
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- MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Movement Disorder and Neuromodulation Unit, Department of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Charles University, 1st Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology, Charles University, 1st Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg and Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg and Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Movement Disorder and Neuromodulation Unit, Department of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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