Article
Behavioral Sciences
Claudio Galletti, Michela Gamberini, Patrizia Fattori
Summary: In the macaque, the posterior parietal area V6A is involved in the control of reach-to-grasp actions, including the transport and grasping phases. It acts as a state estimator to maintain consistency between ongoing and desired movements, and can encode the target of an action. Additionally, it may use attention to guide goal-directed hand movements and has a specific priority map for reaching arm movement.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Carla Fernandez-Garcia, Mariana H. G. Monje, Victor Gomez-Mayordomo, Guglielmo Foffani, Rafael Herranz, Maria Jose Catalan, Mercedes Gonzalez-Hidalgo, Jorge Matias-Guiu, Fernando Alonso-Frech
Summary: This study evaluated the effectiveness of directional subthalamic stimulation in Parkinson's disease based on intraoperatively recorded beta oscillations. The results showed a strong correlation between clinical efficacy and beta activity, and selecting the contacts with the highest beta peaks improved the therapeutic window. Long-term follow-up showed similar improvements in both groups, validating the efficacy of directional stimulation guided by intraoperative beta oscillations.
Article
Neuroimaging
Kebing Yang, Ruonan Du, Qingyan Yang, Rongjiang Zhao, Fengmei Fan, Song Chen, Xingguang Luo, Shuping Tan, Zhiren Wang, Ting Yu, Baopeng Tian, Thang M. Le, Chiang-Shan R. Li, Yunlong Tan
Summary: Relapse in alcohol dependence is associated with higher levels of inattention and non-planning impulsivity. Lower cortical thickness in the inferior parietal lobule predicts a higher risk of relapse.
BRAIN IMAGING AND BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jiazhao Huang, Zechao Zhuang, Yang Zhao, Jianqiang Chen, Zhiwen Zhuo, Youwen Liu, Ning Lu, Huiqiao Li, Tianyou Zhai
Summary: This study demonstrates a new strategy for catalyst design by precisely controlling intermolecular charge transfer using an external electric field in a CoPc/MoS2 heterojunction. The results show that there is a linear correlation between charge accumulation and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
M. Sohail Noor, Cameron C. McIntyre
Summary: This study evaluated the theoretical advantages of using directional DBS electrodes for LFP recordings in the field of deep brain stimulation, with a focus on measuring beta-band activity in the subthalamic nucleus. The model predicted two advantages of directional DBS electrodes over cylindrical DBS electrodes for STN LFP recording and introduced additional complexity in signal analysis. Integration of directional electrodes with DBS systems could improve localization of targeted volumes of synchronous neurons in PD patients.
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Instruments & Instrumentation
Jiale Pan, Zhiyu Wang, Suijun Yang, Shuliang Ye
Summary: In this research, a vibrating capacitive sensor was designed and fabricated for non-contact electrostatic potential measurement. The key factors and parameters of the sensor were determined by establishing an electrostatic induction model and simulating the vibration mode. The linearity of the sensor was improved by introducing a shield plate to enhance the uniformity of the electric field. Finally, a calibration device was designed to measure the sensor's performance.
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jacob M. Paul, Martijn van Ackooij, Tuomas C. ten Cate, Ben M. Harvey
Summary: The study shows a close relationship between spatial frequency domain Fourier power and numerosity in early visual responses, with later tuned responses focusing more on numerosity. This phenomenon may stem from the pervasive spatial frequency analyses in early visual processing.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Kristina T. R. Ciesielski, Christopher Bouchard, Isabel Solis, Brian A. Coffman, Davood Tofighi, John C. Pesko
Summary: The study reveals that children are capable of successfully inhibiting delayed responses during the waiting-to-respond window, despite lower inhibitory effects observed in the prefrontal brain regions. In contrast, children exhibit stronger inhibitory effects in the occipital/parietal regions, especially in younger age groups.
EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Ondrej Becev, Radek Marecek, Martin Lamos, Bartosz Majchrowicz, Robert Roman, Milan Brazdil
Summary: The study compared free action selection with instructed action in a Libet's task, finding that instructed action, which engaged representation of the response movement, was associated with distinct negativity at the parietal and centroparietal channels starting around 750 ms before the movement, with a source particularly in the bilateral inferior parietal lobule. This suggests that the process of action representation in the inferior parietal lobule may play an important part in larger parieto-frontal activity responsible for movement selection in delayed-action tasks.
CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Clara Bourrelly, Corentin Massot, Neeraj J. Gandhi
Summary: Sensorimotor transformation is the process of sensing and responding to stimuli, and this study investigates the neural activity in the superior colliculus during visually guided eye movements. The study compares spike bursts and local field potential (LFP) modulations along the dorsoventral axis of the superior colliculus and finds a transition from sensory to motor response in both signals, with the LFP transition occurring deeper than the spike burst transition. The results suggest a fast and efficient transformation between LFP modulation and spike burst during sensation, but not during action.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tsz Wai Ko, Jonas A. Finkler, Stefan Goedecker, Joerg Behler
Summary: Machine learning potentials have limitations in accounting for long-range charge transfer, which can be overcome with the introduction of a fourth-generation high-dimensional neural network potential that includes non-local charge population information. This method provides forces, charges, and energies in excellent agreement with DFT data, significantly extending the applicability of modern machine learning potentials.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Pei-Yang Wu, Ren-Yong Guo, Liang Ma, Bin Chen, Junjie Wu, Qiuhong Zhao
Summary: The study investigates the route choice behavior of pedestrians under the condition of local view using a field observation in a subway station and a microscopic pedestrian model with discrete space representation. Various behaviors affected by the local view of pedestrians are observed and a route choice model considering this effect is developed and verified through numerical experiments.
APPLIED MATHEMATICAL MODELLING
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alessandra Lintas, Raudel Sanchez-Campusano, Alessandro E. P. Villa, Agnes Gruart, Jose M. Delgado-Garcia
Summary: The study reveals that PV-deficient mice exhibit significant deficits in learning tasks and show changes in spectral power in nuclei involved in reward circuits, indicating impairment in signaling necessary for instrumental learning and natural reward recognition.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Wenyu Zhang, Ye Zeng, Sifan Wang, Tao Wang, Haomin Li, Ke Fei, Xinrui Qiu, Runpeng Jiang, Jun Li
Summary: This paper proposes an improved local path planning algorithm for mowing robots in complex terrain orchard scenes. The algorithm introduces an elliptic repulsion potential field as the boundary potential field and uses an improved variable polynomial and a distance factor in the potential field function to solve the problems of unreachable targets and local minima. The algorithm also changes the scope of the repulsion potential field to an ellipse and adds a fruit tree boundary potential field to reduce complexity and improve safety and obstacle avoidance ability. The planned path length is 6.78% shorter than the traditional artificial potential method.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Syed Anam Asim, Sarah Tran, Nicholas Reynolds, Olivia Sauve, Huiming Zhang
Summary: In a natural acoustic environment, preceding sounds can suppress the perception of succeeding sounds, leading to auditory phenomena such as forward masking and the precedence effect. The degree of suppression depends on the relationship between the sounds in sound quality, timing, and location. This study investigated the neural mechanisms underlying this suppressive aftereffect in the rat's inferior colliculus and found that it is influenced by the location and timing of the sounds, as well as the functioning of certain neurotransmitter receptors.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Daniel R. Kramer, Spencer Kellis, Michael Barbaro, Michelle Armenta Salas, George Nune, Charles Y. Liu, Richard A. Andersen, Brian Lee
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Michael F. Barbaro, Kelsi Chesney, Daniel R. Kramer, Spencer Kellis, Terrance Peng, Zack Blumenfeld, Angad S. Gogia, Morgan B. Lee, Janet Greenwood, George Nune, Laura A. Kalayjian, Christianne N. Heck, Charles Y. Liu, Brian Lee
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
(2020)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Kristine Ravina, Daniel R. Kramer, Ben A. Strickland, Erik M. Wolfswinkel, Robert C. Rennert, Joseph N. Carey, Jonathan J. Russin
WORLD NEUROSURGERY
(2019)
Article
Neurosciences
Daniel R. Kramer, Michael F. Barbaro, Morgan Lee, Terrance Peng, George Nune, Charles Y. Liu, Spencer Kellis, Brian Lee
EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Neurosciences
Daniel R. Kramer, Krista Lamorie-Foote, Michael Barbaro, Morgan Lee, Terrance Peng, Angad Gogia, Charles Y. Liu, Spencer S. Kellis, Brian Lee
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Terrance Peng, Daniel R. Kramer, Morgan B. Lee, Michael F. Barbaro, Li Ding, Charles Y. Liu, Spencer Kellis, Brian Lee
OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Daniel R. Kramer, Morgan B. Lee, Michael Barbaro, Angad S. Gogia, Terrance Peng, Charles Liu, Spencer Kellis, Brian Lee
Summary: In this study, the feasibility of using a high-density mECoG grid in a somatosensory BCI system was demonstrated. By stimulating the hand area of the primary somatosensory cortex, it was possible to evoke sensations and record the location and description of perception.
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Daniel R. Kramer, Krista Lamorie-Foote, Michael Barbaro, Morgan B. Lee, Terrance Peng, Angad Gogia, George Nune, Charles Y. Liu, Spencer S. Kellis, Brian Lee
NEUROSURGICAL FOCUS
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Roberto Martin Del Campo-Vera, Angad S. Gogia, Kuang-Hsuan Chen, Rinu Sebastian, Daniel R. Kramer, Morgan B. Lee, Terrance Peng, Ali Tafreshi, Michael F. Barbaro, Charles Y. Liu, Spencer Kellis, Brian Lee
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
(2020)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Ali R. Tafreshi, Terrance Peng, Cheng Yu, Daniel R. Kramer, Angad S. Gogia, Morgan B. Lee, Michael F. Barbaro, Rinu Sebastian, Roberto Martin Del Campo-Vera, Kuang-Hsuan Chen, Spencer S. Kellis, Brian Lee
WORLD NEUROSURGERY
(2020)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Angad S. Gogia, Roberto Martin Del Campo-Vera, Kuang-Hsuan Chen, Rinu Sebastian, George Nune, Daniel R. Kramer, Morgan B. Lee, Ali R. Tafreshi, Michael F. Barbaro, Charles Y. Liu, Spencer Kellis, Brian Lee
NEUROSURGICAL FOCUS
(2020)
Article
Neurosciences
Luke Bashford, Isabelle Rosenthal, Spencer Kellis, Kelsie Pejsa, Daniel Kramer, Brian Lee, Charles Liu, Richard A. Andersen
Summary: This study investigated how specific sensations are represented in different cortical regions during a somatosensory imagery task using intracortically recorded neural signals. It was found that the sensorimotor cortices encoded imagined sensations only during the imagery task, while the posterior parietal cortex began encoding sensations from cue presentation. The stable features of neural signals across the sensory network could inform future work on precisely eliciting specific sensations via ICMS.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Benyamin Haghi, Spencer Kellis, Sahil Shah, Maitreyi Ashok, Luke Bashford, Daniel Kramer, Brian Lee, Charles Liu, Richard A. Andersen, Azita Emami
ADVANCES IN NEURAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS 32 (NIPS 2019)
(2019)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Po T. Wang, Everardo Camacho, Ming Wang, Yongcheng Li, Susan J. Shaw, Michelle Armacost, Hui Gong, Daniel Kramer, Brian Lee, Richard A. Andersen, Charles Y. Liu, Payam Heydari, Zoran Nenadic, An H. Do
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
(2019)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Biomedical
Sahil Shah, Benyamin Haghi, Spencer Kellis, Luke Bashford, Daniel Kramer, Brian Lee, Charles Liu, Richard Andersen, Azita Emami
2019 9TH INTERNATIONAL IEEE/EMBS CONFERENCE ON NEURAL ENGINEERING (NER)
(2019)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Oday Atallah, Amr Badary, Yasser F. Almealawy, Vivek Sanker, Wireko Andrew Awuah, Toufik Abdul-Rahman, Sura N. Alrubaye, Bipin Chaurasia
Summary: This study investigates unexpected deaths resulting from primary brain tumors and analyzes the contributing variables. The findings reveal that unexpected deaths are a complex phenomenon, with headache being the most common initial symptom and meningiomas and astrocytomas being the most common lesions.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Alexandra E. Quimby, Mandy K. Salmon, Christopher H. Zhao, John Y. K. Lee, Douglas C. Bigelow, Michael J. Ruckenstein, Jason A. Brant
Summary: The study found that socioeconomic factors including race, health insurance, and income have an impact on the quality of life at the time of vestibular schwannoma diagnosis. Black/African American and uninsured/self-pay patients had lower quality of life, while patients with higher income had higher quality of life.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Arosha S. Dissanayake, Kwok M. Ho, Timothy J. Phillips, Stephen Honeybul, Graeme J. Hankey
Summary: This study systematically reviews models that aim to provide patient-specific predictions of pre-treatment rebleeding risk in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The reported discriminative performance of the models varied, and no model showed consistently low bias risk and clinical applicability in all domains. Only one model was formulated using a patient cohort that underwent contemporary, evidence-based aneurysm treatment practices, but this model lacked calibration or clinical utility.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Colin Kok Ann Teo, Yilong Zheng, Jeremy Bingyuan Lin, Hock Luen Teoh, Bernard Poon Lap Chan, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Kejia Teo, Vincent Diong Weng Nga, Tseng Tsai Yeo
Summary: This study retrospectively reviewed the clinical characteristics and outcomes after surgical revascularization for adult Moyamoya disease (MMD) in a Southeast Asian cohort. The incidence of postoperative transient ischemic attack (TIA)/stroke was 25.9%, with most cases occurring within 7 days postoperatively. Risk factors for 30-day postoperative TIA/stroke included a higher number of preoperative TIAs/strokes and indirect revascularization.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Cheng-Chi Lee, Abel Po-Hao Huang, Ching-Chang Chen, Zhuo-Hao Liu, Mun-Chun Yeap, Ko-Ting Chen, Peng-Wei Hsu, Kuo-Chen Wei, Chun-Ting Chen, Yu-Chi Wang, Ting-Wei Chang, Chi-Cheng Chuang
Summary: Using a novel portable neuroendoscopic system for minimally invasive evacuation of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has shown positive outcomes in reducing hematoma volume and improving neurological function without any death or rebleeding incidents.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Michael M. Haglund, Bruce M. McCormack, Daniel M. Williams, Alexander C. Lemons, Erik M. Summerside
Summary: This study evaluated the long-term radiographic outcomes of patients receiving tissue-sparing posterior cervical fusion (PCF) for the treatment of pseudarthrosis. The results showed that patients achieved rates of arthrodesis similar to open PCF, with fewer postoperative complications and long-term soft tissue pain.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Dong-Dong Meng, Zhe Ruan, Yong-Lan Tang, Zhao-Hua Ji, Yue Su, Tuo Xu, Bo-Zhou Cui, Da-Lin Ren, Ting Chang, Qian Yang
Summary: Depression symptom level, MG severity classification and family's monthly per capita income are independent factors related to the caregivers' disease family burden for MG patients. The daily activity burden of the family and the economic burden of the family were the heaviest among the six dimensions of the caregivers' family disease burdens.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Tugba Ozudogru Celik, Umit Gorgulu, Safiye Gul Kenar, Nadide Koca, Elif Yalcin, Ipek Koymen, Evren Yasar
Summary: This study investigated the forward head posture (FHP), thoracic kyphosis, and their relationship in individuals with migraine compared to healthy controls. The results showed that patients with migraine had a greater FHP and thoracic kyphosis. This suggests that a 3-dimensional objective measurement could be a reliable tool for evaluating posture analysis in clinical practice.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jason A. Chen, Ari D. Kappel, Erickson F. Torio, David I. Bass, Abdullah Feroze, Nirav J. Patel
Summary: This report presents a case of a 63-year-old woman with a ruptured giant ICA terminus aneurysm, who underwent coil embolization followed by parent vessel sacrifice and high-flow bypass.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Sandeep Kandregula, Sneha Sai Mannam, Shahbaz Saad, Saarang Patel, Visish M. Srinivasan
Summary: A 39-year-old female with a history of smoking and a family predisposition to unruptured aneurysms presented with clinical symptoms of intermittent right-sided headaches, flashes of light, and pulsatile tinnitus. Diagnostic evaluations identified a right occipital arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Treatment involved partial embolization of primary arterial feeders followed by surgical resection, resulting in a successful outcome.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Ari D. Kappel, Jason A. Chen, Joshua I. Chalif, David I. Bass, Erickson F. Torio, Abdullah H. Feroze, Nirav J. Patel
Summary: A 48-year-old male with progressive congestive myelopathy underwent surgical clipping to treat a craniocervical DAVF. Intraoperatively, ICG was used to confirm the solitary inflow.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Aryeh Zolin, Cenai Zhang, Hwai Ooi, Harini Sarva, Hooman Kamel, Neal S. Parikh
Summary: In people with Parkinson's disease, comorbid liver fibrosis is associated with more rapid cognitive decline across multiple domains.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)