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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Huanqing Zhang, Jun Xie, Yi Xiao, Guiling Cui, Guanghua Xu, Qing Tao, Yonatan Yakob Gebrekidan, Yuzhe Yang, Zhiyuan Ren, Min Li
Summary: This study explores the possibility of eliciting a steady-state brain response in an intermittent periodic motion sound source using virtual sound and different noise levels. The results indicate that moderate noise enhances the amplitude and brain connectivity of steady-state motion auditory evoked potential (SSMAEP). This study enriches the types of evoked potentials and provides insights into the brain processing of motion sound sources and the impact of noise on brain processing.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Naho Konoike, Haruhiko Iwaoki, Miki Miwa, Honami Sakata, Kosuke Itoh, Katsuki Nakamura
Summary: This study compared the characteristics of auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) among humans, rhesus monkeys, and marmosets. The results showed that although the optimal frequency for synchronization differed, monkeys and marmosets also exhibited auditory event-related potentials and phase-locking activity in gamma-frequency trains. This suggests that ASSR could be a useful cross-species translational biomarker.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Neurosciences
Vardan Arutiunian, Giorgio Arcara, Irina Buyanova, Militina Gomozova, Olga Dragoy
Summary: Recent studies have found that gamma-band oscillations and transient evoked potentials in children may change with age, potentially related to the maturation of the GABAergic neurotransmission system and the balance between excitation and inhibition in neural circuits. In this study, using magnetoencephalography (MEG), researchers investigated the relationship between 40 Hz auditory steady-state gamma response (ASSR) and sustained event-related field (ERF) response to the same periodic stimuli in a group of 30 typically developing children aged 7 to 12 years. The results showed a strong association between the strength of 40 Hz ASSR and the amplitude of ERF, with age-related changes observed in both responses.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
Vardan Arutiunian, Giorgio Arcara, Irina Buyanova, Elizaveta Davydova, Darya Pereverzeva, Alexander Sorokin, Svetlana Tyushkevich, Uliana Mamokhina, Kamilla Danilina, Olga Dragoy
Summary: Language impairment is common in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and the neural mechanisms behind it are not well understood. This study investigates the relationship between a specific auditory response (40 Hz ASSR) and language abilities in children with ASD using MEG and individual brain models. The results show reduced 40 Hz ASSR in the right auditory cortex of children with ASD and an association between 40 Hz ASSR in the left auditory cortex and language comprehension.
PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kyung-min An, Jeong Hyun Shim, Hyukchan Kwon, Yong-Ho Lee, Kwon-Kyu Yu, Moonyoung Kwon, WooYoung Chun, Tetsu Hirosawa, Chiaki Hasegawa, Sumie Iwasaki, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Kiwoong Kim
Summary: Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a noninvasive functional neuroimaging technique that detects brain magnetic field. Traditional MEG uses superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), while miniature optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) have recently been developed as an alternative. The study suggests that OPM sensors have comparable performance to conventional SQUID-MEG sensors, showing the feasibility of using OPM sensors for functional neuroimaging and brain-computer interface applications.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Neurosciences
Shunsuke Sugiyama, Tomoya Taniguchi, Tomoaki Kinukawa, Nobuyuki Takeuchi, Kazutaka Ohi, Toshiki Shioiri, Makoto Nishihara, Koji Inui
Summary: This study used magnetoencephalography to investigate the effects of 40 Hz auditory stimulation on brain activity and revealed the specific neural circuit activation mechanism underlying the 40 Hz ASSR. These findings are of great importance for understanding oscillatory abnormalities in neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
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Neurosciences
Mattia Pinardi, Anna-Lisa Schuler, Giorgio Arcara, Florinda Ferreri, Daniele Marinazzo, Giovanni Di Pino, Giovanni Pellegrino
Summary: Auditory white noise (WN) is commonly used to induce sleep and mask unwanted noise. This study found that WN can reduce cortical connectivity in the auditory and motor regions of the brain. These findings suggest that while unrestricted use of WN should be avoided, controlled application of WN could be used to modulate brain function and treat neuropsychiatric conditions effectively.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2023)
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Neurosciences
Luke Tait, Jiaxiang Zhang
Summary: EEG microstate analysis is a method for studying brain states and transitions, but it is limited in its use at the sensor level. This study generalized the microstate methodology to source-reconstructed electrophysiological data and identified ten microstates with distinct spatial distributions. The study also found that source-level microstates were associated with different functional connectivity patterns.
Review
Neurosciences
Tineke Grent-'t-Jong, Marion Brickwedde, Christoph Metzner, Peter J. Uhlhaas
Summary: The article provides an overview of the importance of 40-Hz auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) in psychosis, suggesting their potential as biomarkers for illness progression, early diagnosis, and correlation with clinical variables. The review also discusses the genetic and developmental modifications of 40-Hz ASSRs, emphasizing their relationship with gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) interneurons.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Alexandria F. Matz, Yingjiu Nie, Harley J. Wheeler
Summary: This study investigated the differences in voluntary stream segregation between cochlear implant (CI) users and normal-hearing (NH) listeners. The results showed that CI users had poorer segregation ability than NH listeners when the spectral separation was moderate. Additionally, the AM-rate separation may interfere with the segregation of NBN streams.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Emanuele Perugia, Frederic Marmel, Karolina Kluk
Summary: The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of using electrophysiological auditory steady-state response (ASSR) masking for detecting dead regions (DRs). Fifteen normally hearing adults were tested using behavioral and electrophysiological tasks. The results showed that the agreement between the behavioral and the ASSR f(max) values was poor, indicating that the variability in ASSR amplitudes between and within participants is a major obstacle to developing this approach into an effective DR detection method.
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Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Ping Zhou, Zhao Yao, Jun Ma, Zhigang Zhu
Summary: A piezoelectric ceramic can convert external mechanical force and vibration into electric signals, which can be used as a sensitive sensor for detecting external sound signals. By incorporating piezoelectric ceramics into a neural circuit, external sound signals can be captured and encoded, providing insights into the discernment and cooperation of two ears in the auditory system.
CHAOS SOLITONS & FRACTALS
(2021)
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Neurosciences
Mikel Lizarazu, Manuel Carreiras, Nicola Molinaro
Summary: Theta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling in the auditory cortex is modulated by the challenges of processing non-native speech, with beginners showing the lowest coordination and advanced learners showing the highest. This highlights the importance of theta-gamma oscillatory activity in speech comprehension.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2023)
Article
Acoustics
Phuc D. Nguyen, Kristy L. Hansen, Bastien Lechat, Colin Hansen, Peter Catcheside, Branko Zajamsek
Summary: Wind energy is a fast-growing source of renewable energy in Australia. However, complaints about wind farm noise (WFN) from residents living near wind farms continue to be a problem. This study found that infrasound is not audible to residents with normal hearing who live more than 1 km away from a wind farm, but low-frequency amplitude modulated (AM) tones may be perceived up to distances of 9 km. The results suggest that AM tones could be the main cause of WFN complaints at long-range locations.
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Clinical Neurology
Oskar Hougaard Jefsen, Yury Shtyrov, Kit Melissa Larsen, Martin J. Dietz
Summary: This study explored the evidence of 40-Hz ASSR deficits in patients with bipolar disorder, and found consistent reductions in 40-Hz ASSR evoked power and inter-trial phase coherence compared with healthy controls. Further large-scale studies are needed to link 40-Hz ASSR deficits to clinical features and developmental trajectories.
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Akira Imai, Hiroki Takase, Keita Tanaka, Yoshinori Uchikawa
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS IN JAPAN
(2016)
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Keita Tanaka, Hiroki Kurasaki, Shinya Kuriki
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Shota Katayama, Yusuke Itabashi, Keita Tanaka, Yoshinori Uchikawa
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS IN JAPAN
(2014)
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Shinya Kuriki, Yusuke Kobayashi, Takanari Kobayashi, Keita Tanaka, Yoshinori Uchikawa
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
K. Tanaka, M. Kawakatsu, I. Nemoto, Y. Uchikawa
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS
(2008)
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Massimo De Mehlis, Keita Tanaka, Yoshinori Uchikawa
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS
(2010)
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
K. Tanaka, Y. Uchikawa, M. Kawakatsu, I. Nemoto
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS
(2012)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Keita Tanaka, Yoshinori Uchikawa, Masaki Kawakatsu, Iku Nemoto
IEEJ TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
(2010)
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Akihiko Tsukahara, Yuki Anzai, Keita Tanaka, Yoshinori Uchikawa
Summary: This study aims to develop specialized BMI hardware for handling EEG as an interface for Human Adaptive Mechatronics (HAM), which can operate according to human state. The paper focuses on the design and implementation of an EEGNet processor for real-time pattern recognition on Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS IN JAPAN
(2021)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Keita Tanaka, Bernhard Ross, Shinya Kuriki, Tsuneo Harashima, Chie Obuchi, Hidehiko Okamoto
Summary: The right-ear advantage is the phenomenon where people are better at identifying stimuli from the right ear than the left ear when hearing two different speech stimuli simultaneously. This is believed to be due to significant projection along the auditory pathways to the contralateral hemisphere and the dominance of the left auditory cortex for perceiving speech elements. The study revealed a correlation between attention-related increase in the amplitude of the auditory steady-state response and the laterality index of behavioral accuracy, indicating the role of attention in the right-ear advantage.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Analytical
Nina Pilyugina, Akihiko Tsukahara, Keita Tanaka
Summary: This study compared the efficiency of various automatic feature selection methods and found that univariate selection combined with support vector machine classification method achieved the highest accuracy. The results will be utilized for further research on the mechanism behind the octave illusion phenomenon and the development of an automatic classification algorithm.
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Biomedical
Akihiko Tsukahara, Masayuki Yamada, Keita Tanaka, Yoshinori Uchikawa
2019 41ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)
(2019)
Review
Neurosciences
Yang Zhang, Bing Cheng, Tess K. Koerner, Robert S. Schlauch, Keita Tanaka, Masaki Kawakatsu, Iku Nemoto, Toshiaki Imada
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Biomedical
K. Tanaka, T. Araki, S. Kuriki, Y. Uchikawa
2013 35TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)
(2013)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Biomedical
Takayasu Ando, Keiko Momose, Keita Tanaka, Keiichi Saito
13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, VOLS 1-3
(2009)
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Clinical Neurology
Jaakko Vallinoja, Timo Nurmi, Julia Jaatela, Vincent Wens, Mathieu Bourguignon, Helena Maenpaa, Harri Piitulainen
Summary: The study aimed to assess the effects of lesions related to spastic diplegic cerebral palsy on functional connectivity. Using multiple imaging modalities, the researchers found enhanced functional connectivity in the sensorimotor network of individuals with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, which was not correlated with hand coordination performance.
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Francesca Ginatempo, Nicola Loi, John C. Rothwell, Franca Deriu
Summary: This study comprehensively investigated sensorimotor integration in the cranial-cervical muscles of healthy adults and found that the integration of sensory inputs with motor output is profoundly influenced by the type of sensory afferent involved and the functional role played by the target muscle.
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2024)
