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medRxiv ; 2023 Nov 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37986996

ABSTRACT

A reliable physiological biomarker for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is necessary to improve treatment success rates by shoring up variability in outcome measures. In this study, we establish a passive biomarker that tracks with changes in mood on the order of minutes to hours. We record from intracranial electrodes implanted deep in the brain - a surgical setting providing exquisite temporal and spatial sensitivity to detect this relationship in a difficult-to-measure brain area, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC). The aperiodic slope of the power spectral density captures the balance of activity across all frequency bands and is construed as a putative proxy for excitatory/inhibitory balance in the brain. This study demonstrates how shifts in aperiodic slope correlate with depression severity in a clinical trial of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The correlation between depression severity scores and aperiodic slope is significant in N=5 subjects, indicating that flatter (less negative) slopes correspond to reduced depression severity, especially in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. This biomarker offers a new way to track patient response to MDD treatment, facilitating individualized therapies in both intracranial and non-invasive monitoring scenarios.

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Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35574291

ABSTRACT

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) such as the P300 speller have the potential to restore communication to advanced-stage neuromuscular disease patients. Research has improved typing speed and accuracy through innovations including the use of language models. While significant advances have been made, implementations have largely been restricted to a single language, primarily English. It is unclear whether these improvements would extend to other languages that present potential technical hurdles due to different alphabets and grammatical structures. Here, we adapt a language model-based classifier designed for English to two other languages, Spanish and Greek, to demonstrate the generalizability of these methods. Online experimental trials with 30 healthy native English, Spanish, and Greek speakers showed no significant difference between performances using the different versions of the system (66.20 vs. 61.97 vs. 60.89 bits/minute). Extending these methods across languages allows for expanding access to BCI systems to other populations, particularly in the developing world.

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J Neural Eng ; 18(1)2021 02 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33152715

ABSTRACT

Objective.Researchers are developing biomedical devices with embedded closed-loop algorithms for providing advanced adaptive therapies. As these devices become more capable and algorithms become more complex, tasked with integrating and interpreting multi-channel, multi-modal electrophysiological signals, there is a need for flexible bench-top testing and prototyping. We present a methodology for leveraging off-the-shelf audio equipment to construct a biosignal waveform generator capable of streaming pre-recorded biosignals from a host computer. By re-playing known, well-characterized, but physiologically relevant real-world biosignals into a device under test, researchers can evaluate their systems without the need for expensivein vivoexperiments.Approach.An open-source design based on the proposed methodology is described and validated, the NeuroDAC. NeuroDAC allows for 8 independent channels of biosignal playback using a simple, custom designed attenuation and buffering circuit. Applications can communicate with the device over a USB interface using standard audio drivers. On-board analog amplitude adjustment is used to maximize the dynamic range for a given signal and can be independently tuned for each channel.Main results.Low noise component selection yields a no-signal noise floor of just 5.35 ± 0.063. NeuroDAC's frequency response is characterized with a high pass -3 dB rolloff at 0.57 Hz, and is capable of accurately reproducing a wide assortment of biosignals ranging from EMG, EEG, and ECG to extracellularly recorded neural activity. We also present an application example using the device to test embedded algorithms on a closed-loop neural modulation device, the Medtronic RC+S.Significance.By making the design of NeuroDAC open-source we aim to present an accessible tool for rapidly prototyping new biomedical devices and algorithms than can be easily modified based on individual testing needs.ClinicalTrials.gov Identifiers: NCT04281134, NCT03437928, NCT03582891.


Subject(s)
Algorithms , Electrophysiological Phenomena , Computers , Equipment Design , Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
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Sci Adv ; 6(43)2020 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33097536

ABSTRACT

High-level sensory and motor cortical areas are activated when processing the meaning of language, but it is unknown whether, and how, words share a neural substrate with corresponding sensorimotor representations. We recorded from single neurons in human posterior parietal cortex (PPC) while participants viewed action verbs and corresponding action videos from multiple views. We find that PPC neurons exhibit a common neural substrate for action verbs and observed actions. Further, videos were encoded with mixtures of invariant and idiosyncratic responses across views. Action verbs elicited selective responses from a fraction of these invariant and idiosyncratic neurons, without preference, thus associating with a statistical sampling of the diverse sensory representations related to the corresponding action concept. Controls indicated that the results are not the product of visual imagery or arbitrary learned associations. Our results suggest that language may activate the consolidated visual experience of the reader.


Subject(s)
Brain Mapping , Motor Cortex , Brain Mapping/methods , Humans , Language , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Motor Cortex/physiology , Parietal Lobe/physiology
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J Neural Eng ; 13(3): 031002, 2016 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27153565

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: The present review systematically examines the integration of language models to improve classifier performance in brain-computer interface (BCI) communication systems. APPROACH: The domain of natural language has been studied extensively in linguistics and has been used in the natural language processing field in applications including information extraction, machine translation, and speech recognition. While these methods have been used for years in traditional augmentative and assistive communication devices, information about the output domain has largely been ignored in BCI communication systems. Over the last few years, BCI communication systems have started to leverage this information through the inclusion of language models. MAIN RESULTS: Although this movement began only recently, studies have already shown the potential of language integration in BCI communication and it has become a growing field in BCI research. BCI communication systems using language models in their classifiers have progressed down several parallel paths, including: word completion; signal classification; integration of process models; dynamic stopping; unsupervised learning; error correction; and evaluation. SIGNIFICANCE: Each of these methods have shown significant progress, but have largely been addressed separately. Combining these methods could use the full potential of language model, yielding further performance improvements. This integration should be a priority as the field works to create a BCI system that meets the needs of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis population.


Subject(s)
Brain-Computer Interfaces/classification , Communication Aids for Disabled , Language , Algorithms , Electroencephalography , Humans , Models, Theoretical , Natural Language Processing
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J Neural Eng ; 12(4): 046018, 2015 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26061188

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: The P300 speller is a common brain-computer interface (BCI) application designed to communicate language by detecting event related potentials in a subject's electroencephalogram signal. Information about the structure of natural language can be valuable for BCI communication, but attempts to use this information have thus far been limited to rudimentary n-gram models. While more sophisticated language models are prevalent in natural language processing literature, current BCI analysis methods based on dynamic programming cannot handle their complexity. APPROACH: Sampling methods can overcome this complexity by estimating the posterior distribution without searching the entire state space of the model. In this study, we implement sequential importance resampling, a commonly used particle filtering (PF) algorithm, to integrate a probabilistic automaton language model. MAIN RESULT: This method was first evaluated offline on a dataset of 15 healthy subjects, which showed significant increases in speed and accuracy when compared to standard classification methods as well as a recently published approach using a hidden Markov model (HMM). An online pilot study verified these results as the average speed and accuracy achieved using the PF method was significantly higher than that using the HMM method. SIGNIFICANCE: These findings strongly support the integration of domain-specific knowledge into BCI classification to improve system performance.


Subject(s)
Brain-Computer Interfaces , Communication Aids for Disabled , Electroencephalography/methods , Event-Related Potentials, P300/physiology , Machine Learning , Natural Language Processing , Algorithms , Brain Mapping/methods , Computer Simulation , Humans , Models, Statistical , Pattern Recognition, Automated/methods , Reproducibility of Results , Sensitivity and Specificity , Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted , Task Performance and Analysis , Word Processing/methods
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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry ; 77(5): 572-8, 2006 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16614015

ABSTRACT

Endovascular coil embolisation is increasingly used to treat unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIA). Endovascular coil embolisation of UIA is associated with a 5-10% risk of morbidity and nearly zero mortality from the procedure. Complete or near complete occlusion is usually achieved in >90% of cases, and endovascular therapy seems to reduce the risk of future rupture significantly. Specific selection criteria for endovascular embolisation and novel approaches to endovascular treatment of aneurysms are discussed. Endovascular therapy appears to be a safe and effective treatment for selected UIA. Treatment failure rates will probably decrease with greater experience and advances in techniques and devices. Further study with long term follow up, however, is still necessary to characterise the efficacy, durability, and cost efficiency of endovascular treatment of UIA.


Subject(s)
Embolization, Therapeutic , Intracranial Aneurysm/therapy , Aneurysm, Ruptured/etiology , Aneurysm, Ruptured/mortality , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Intracranial Aneurysm/mortality , Risk , Survival Rate , Treatment Outcome
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Cereb Cortex ; 11(8): 773-82, 2001 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11459767

ABSTRACT

Pre-operative functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), cortical evoked potentials (EPs) and intraoperative optical imaging of intrinsic signals (iOIS) were employed to relate the temporal-spatial characteristics of sensorimotor responses in human brain. Peripheral somasthetic stimulation (2 s) was provided either by a 110 Hz finger vibrator or transcutaneous median nerve stimulation in eight patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures. Each technique provided unique spatial patterns and temporal response profiles. EPs and iOIS activities were observed over the surface of pre- and post-central gyri (at the level of the superior genu) with very similar spatial distributions. In contrast, fMRI spatial distributions depended upon the model used for statistical correlation analysis. Using a monophasic response model, fMRI primarily localized within the central sulcus and did not demonstrate large signal changes over the pre- and post-central gyri (areas with iOIS/EP activity). However, as initial negative responses were incorporated into the response model, fMRI progressively localized closer to the iOIS and somatosensory EP maps. Temporally, responses to single stimuli differed between the fMRI and iOIS techniques. Using a monophasic model for fMRI analysis, the total fMRI response was delayed by 2--3 s relative to iOIS. As initial negative responses were incorporated in the analysis, the fMRI time course developed temporal characteristics similar to iOIS. Ultimately, when fMRI time courses were examined over pixels co-localizing with iOIS activation (without using statistical correlation analysis), the fMRI temporal profile included an initial decrease in signal (an initial dip) that closely resembled the time course of iOIS response. This is the first study to experimentally co-localize (temporally and spatially) iOIS and fMRI signals in human subjects. The spatial/temporal differences in this study likely reflect the capillary versus venous contributions of iOIS and fMRI, respectively. The temporal/spatial co-localization of the iOIS signal and the fMRI initial dip suggests the initial fMRI dip and the iOIS signal may result from similar physiologic events.


Subject(s)
Cerebral Cortex/anatomy & histology , Cerebral Cortex/physiology , Algorithms , Anesthesia, General , Brain Mapping , Electric Stimulation , Electrophysiology , Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory/physiology , Fingers/innervation , Fingers/physiology , Humans , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Physical Stimulation , Somatosensory Cortex/physiology , Time Factors
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J Neurosurg ; 93(4): 676-81, 2000 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11014547

ABSTRACT

The organization of language in the brains of multilingual persons remains controversial. The authors investigated language representations in a proficient bilingual patient by using a novel neuroimaging technique, intraoperative optical imaging of intrinsic signals (iOIS), and a visual object naming task. The results indicate that there are cortical areas that are activated by the use of both English and Spanish languages (superior temporal sulcus, superior and middle temporal gyri, and parts of the supramarginal gyrus). In addition, language-specific areas were identified in the supramarginal (Spanish) and precentral (English) gyri. These results suggest that cortical language representations in bilingual persons may consist of both overlapping and distinct components. Furthermore, this study demonstrates the utility of iOIS in detecting topographical segregation of cognitively distinct cortices.


Subject(s)
Brain Mapping , Cerebral Cortex/physiology , Multilingualism , Adult , Astrocytoma/surgery , Brain Neoplasms/surgery , Cerebral Cortex/blood supply , Diagnostic Imaging , Female , Humans , Monitoring, Intraoperative , Neurosurgical Procedures , Optics and Photonics , Regional Blood Flow
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Neuroreport ; 11(10): 2121-5, 2000 Jul 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10923656

ABSTRACT

Cortical spreading depression (CSD) was imaged in vivo in a rodent model with optical intrinsic signals (OIS). This is the first study to identify a triphasic OIS response and to characterize the rate and timing of the response. The initial OIS phase had a highly uniform wavefront, which spread at a rate characteristic of CSD, 3.5 mm/min. Later phases were more diffuse and inhomogeneous. Blood volume changes, measured with intravascular fluorescent dye, correlated in time and location with the later phases of OIS response. This suggests that the inhomogeneity of the late OIS response may be due to complex residual hemodynamic contributions, as opposed to underlying cortical circuitry.


Subject(s)
Blood Volume/physiology , Cerebral Cortex/physiology , Cortical Spreading Depression/physiology , Hemodynamics/physiology , Animals , Body Temperature , Cerebral Cortex/blood supply , Electroencephalography , Fluorescent Dyes , Male , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Xanthenes
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Neuroimage ; 12(1): 41-54, 2000 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10875901

ABSTRACT

We used intraoperative optical imaging of intrinsic signals (iOIS) and electrocortical stimulation mapping (ESM) to compare functionally active brain regions in 10 awake patients undergoing neurosurgical resection. Patients performed two to four tasks, including visual and auditory naming, word discrimination, and/or orofacial movements. All iOIS maps included areas identified by ESM mapping. However, iOIS also revealed topographical specificity dependent on language task. In Broca's area, naming paradigms activated both anterior and posterior inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), while the word discrimination paradigm activated only posterior IFG. In Wernicke's area, object naming produced activations localizing over the inferior and anterior/posterior regions, while the word discrimination task activated superior and anterior cortices. These results may suggest more posterior phonological activation and more anterior semantic activations in Broca's area, and more anterior/superior phonological activation and more posterior/inferior semantic activations in Wernicke's area. Although similar response onset was observed in Broca's and Wernicke's areas, temporal differences were revealed during block paradigm (20-s) activations. In Broca's area, block paradigms yielded a boxcar temporal activation profile (in all tasks) that resembled response profiles observed in motor cortex (with orofacial movements). In contrast, activations in Wernicke's area responded with a more dynamic profile (including early and late peaks) which varied with paradigm performance. Wernicke's area profiles were very similar to response profiles observed in sensory and visual cortex. The differing temporal patterns may therefore reflect unique processing performed by receptive (Wernicke's) and productive (Broca's) language centers. This study is consistent with task-specific semantic and phonologic regions within Broca's and Wernicke's areas and also is the first report of response profile differences dependent on cortical region and language task.


Subject(s)
Brain Mapping/methods , Cerebral Cortex/physiopathology , Optics and Photonics , Verbal Behavior/physiology , Brain/surgery , Cues , Electric Stimulation , Frontal Lobe/physiopathology , Humans , Intraoperative Period , Names , Pattern Recognition, Visual/physiology , Speech Perception/physiology , Temporal Lobe/physiopathology , Time Factors
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J Neurophysiol ; 80(3): 1522-32, 1998 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9744956

ABSTRACT

All perfusion-based imaging modalities depend on the relationship between neuronal and vascular activity. However, the relationship between stimulus and response was never fully characterized. With the use of optical imaging (intrinsic signals and intravascular fluorescent dyes) during repetitive stimulation paradigms, we observed reduced responses with temporally close stimuli. Cortical evoked potentials, however, did not produce the same reduced responsiveness. We therefore termed these intervals of reduced responsiveness "refractory periods." During these refractory periods an ability to respond was retained, but at a near 60% reduction in the initial magnitude. Although increasing the initial stimulus duration lengthened the observed refractory periods, significantly novel or temporally spaced stimuli overcame them. We observed this phenomenon in both rodent and human subjects in somatosensory and auditory cortices. These results have significant implications for understanding the capacities, mechanisms, and distributions of neurovascular coupling and thereby possess relevance to all perfusion-dependent functional imaging techniques.


Subject(s)
Refractory Period, Electrophysiological/physiology , Somatosensory Cortex/physiology , Acoustic Stimulation , Animals , Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory/physiology , Fluorescent Dyes , Humans , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted , Male , Optics and Photonics , Proprioception/physiology , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Temporal Lobe/physiology
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