Article
Clinical Neurology
Mustafa Ahmed Mahmutoglu, Andre Rupp, Ulf Baumgaertner
Summary: This study investigated the cortical activity in response to tactile and nociceptive stimuli using simultaneous EEG and MEG recordings. The results showed that MEG was superior in detecting early nociceptive components, while EEG was better at detecting late nociceptive components.
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Biomedical
Jimmy Petit, Jose Rouillard, Francois Cabestaing
Summary: BCI aims to derive commands from user brain activity; EEG-based BCI utilizing SSSEP can modulate amplitude by specific tasks; SSSEP-based BCIs combine straightforward analysis of reactive BCIs with self-paced interaction.
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Martina Fanghella, Sebastian B. Gaigg, Matteo Candidi, Bettina Forster, Beatriz Calvo-Merino
Summary: This study investigates the reduced sensitivity of the somatosensory system to facial emotional expressions in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The results show that ASD individuals have reduced amplitudes of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) during the emotion task, suggesting a decreased recruitment of the somatosensory system during emotion discrimination in ASD.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Joshua Rosing, Alex Doyle, AnneMarie Brinda, Madeline Blumenfeld, Emily Lecy, Chelsea Spencer, Joan Dao, Jordan Krieg, Kelton Wilmerding, Disa Sullivan, Sendrea Best, Biswaranjan Mohanty, Jing Wang, Luke A. Johnson, Jerrold L. Vitek, Matthew D. Johnson
Summary: This study investigates the spatiotemporal features of electrically evoked compound action potentials (ECAPs) in and around the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and uses a linear classifier to predict electrode location. The results show that ECAP responses vary with recording and stimulating electrode locations, providing a subject-specific neuroanatomical basis for selecting electrode configurations in DBS therapy for Parkinson's disease.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Scheherazade Le, Viet Nguyen, Leslie Lee, S. Charles Cho, Carmen Malvestio, Eric Jones, Robert Dodd, Gary Steinberg, Jaime Lopez
Summary: This study introduced a novel intraoperative neuromonitoring technique using direct brainstem somatosensory evoked potentials for functional mapping to assist in surgery. Successful recording of brainstem SSEPs at low stimulation intensities may help reduce postoperative neurological deficits and aid in safe lesion resection. Further refinement of this technique could potentially benefit the mapping of other brainstem lesions.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Zhenxing Zhang, Yi Wang, Tao Luo, Huaguang Qi, Lin Cai, Yang Yuan, Jingfeng Li
Summary: The aim of this study was to assess the value of dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials (DSEPs) and cortical somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) in monitoring spinal cord function for patients with congenital scoliosis (CS). The study found that DSEPs are more sensitive to microscopic posterior column dysfunction in CS patients that cannot be detected by either radiology or routine clinical examination. Therefore, preoperative DSEPs assessment is recommended for intraoperative monitoring.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yang Yuan, Yongjie Zhang, Xiao Song, Xin Zhang, Chunjuan Li, Tao Yuan, Huaguang Qi, Liang Yan
Summary: This study investigated the value of intraoperative multi-channel recording of somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) in patients undergoing posterior instrumentation surgery with fusion. The results showed that multi-channel SSEPs monitoring can effectively evaluate the function of the posterior column of the spinal cord, and may help to improve the success rate of monitoring and reduce the incidence of postoperative adverse events.
EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Aude Sangare, Benjamin Rohaut, Alaina Borden, Julie Zyss, Angela Velazquez, Kevin Doyle, Lionel Naccache, Jan Claassen
Summary: A novel, low-cost approach using widely available ICU equipment was proposed to acquire screening SSEP. The approach was validated in healthy volunteers and ICU patients, and showed good performance in predicting poor neurological outcome.
NEUROCRITICAL CARE
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Angelo Insola, Paolo Mazzone, Eugenio Scarnati, Domenico Restuccia, Massimiliano Valeriani
Summary: This study investigated the subcortical somatosensory evoked potentials in Parkinson's disease patients. Results showed different responses to muscle or cutaneous afferent stimulation, providing insights into subcortical processing of somatosensory input.
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Edyta Dziadkowiak, Marta Waliszewska-Prosol, Malgorzata Wieczorek, Joanna Bladowska, Slawomir Budrewicz, Maria Ejma
Summary: The study identified significant changes in multiple parameters of visually evoked potentials, brainstem auditory evoked potentials, and somatosensory evoked potentials in patients with myasthenia gravis, suggesting disturbances in the bioelectric activities of the central and peripheral nervous system.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Xinwei Wang, Hongliang Gao, Jiulong Song, Peng Jing, Chao Wang, Nuanxin Yu, Shanshan Wu, Jianxiong Zhu, Zhiqiang Gao
Summary: This study investigated the correlation between upper limb somatosensory evoked potentials (USEPs) and consciousness disorders. It was found that rTMS treatment could shorten the N13-N20 latency and there was a negative correlation between N13-N20 and the score of consciousness disorders. These findings suggest that N13-N20 can serve as an objective index for evaluating consciousness disorders.
NETWORK-COMPUTATION IN NEURAL SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Anesthesiology
Xiang Bingbing, Jiao Shulan, Zhang Yulong, Wang Lu, Yao Yuting, Yuan Feng, Chen Rui, Zhou Qijun
Summary: Studies have shown that both desflurane and sevoflurane have a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on SEPs and MEPs during neurosurgery, with desflurane appearing to have a stronger inhibitory effect at the same MAC concentration compared to sevoflurane.
BMC ANESTHESIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Estelle Nakul, Fabrice Bartolomei, Christophe Lopez
Summary: This article reviews studies on vestibular evoked potentials (EPs) using various methods of vestibular stimulation, revealing the spatiotemporal dynamics of vestibular information processing. Results show short, middle, and late latency EPs, with generator analysis providing new insights into the neuroimaging of the vestibular system.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Dietrich Klunk, Timo B. Woost, Christopher Fricke, Joseph Classen, David Weise
Summary: This study investigated VEMP to differentiate between Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonism (AP). The results showed that oVEMP and balance assessments may be differentially affected in PD and AP, with cVEMP not showing significant differences. Balance assessment and oVEMP could be implemented in the differential diagnostic work up of parkinsonian syndromes.
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Priscella Asman, Sujit Prabhu, Dhiego Bastos, Sudhakar Tummala, Shreyas Bhavsar, Thomas Michael McHugh, Nuri Firat Ince
Summary: The study investigated the feasibility of unsupervised delineation of the central sulcus (CS) using spatiotemporal patterns of SSEP captured with ECoG grids, vividly outlining the CS based on SSEP amplitude distribution as a spatial 2D heat map. Unsupervised clustering method separated anterior and posterior channels with 96.3% accuracy, automatically delineating the CS location with high precision.
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Jan Willem J. Elting, Jeanette Tas, Marcel J. H. Aries, Marek Czosnyka, Natasha M. Maurits
JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
(2020)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Gerrit Kramer, Zeus T. Dominguez-Vega, Heleen S. A. Laarhoven, Rick Brandsma, Marenka Smit, A. M. Madelein van der Stouwe, Jan Willem J. Elting, Natasha M. Maurits, Judith G. M. Rosmalen, Marina A. J. Tijssen
PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS
(2019)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Tjitske F. Lawerman, Rick Brandsma, Natalia M. Maurits, Octavio Martinez-Manzanera, Corien C. Verschuuren-Bemelmans, Roelineke J. Lunsing, Oebo F. Brouwer, Hubertus P. H. Kremer, Deborah A. Sival
DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY
(2020)
Article
Neurosciences
Joyce B. Weersink, Bauke M. de Jong, David M. Halliday, Natasha M. Maurits
Summary: The swinging of the arms during human gait supports efficient lower limb muscle activation, suggesting a neural coupling between the upper and lower limbs. Intermuscular coherence analysis revealed significant coherence between upper and lower limbs, indicating common subcortical and cortical drivers coordinating the rhythmic four-limb gait pattern. Findings suggest that arm swing may serve as an effective rehabilitation therapy for impaired gait in neurological diseases.
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Zeus T. Dominguez-Vega, D. Dubber, Jan Willem J. Elting, D. A. Sival, Natasha M. Maurits
Summary: The study aimed to improve the classification of EOA, DCD, and healthy control children by combining quantified movement information from three upper limb tests using IMUs. Results showed that using data from all three tests led to better classification accuracy compared to using only the finger to nose test, especially for the DCD group.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Francien A. Vogelaar, Rick Brandsma, Natasha M. Maurits, Deborah A. Sival
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the applicability of semi-quantitative eye movement assessment by ICARSOCM and OMS7-10 complementary to SARA measurements in children. Results showed that ICARS(OCM) has a valid construct for the measurement of coordinated eye movement performance in children and a similar age-dependent relationship as other ataxia subscales.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Mariano Bernaldo de Quiros, E. H. Douma, Inge van den Akker-scheek, Claudine J. C. Lamoth, Natasha M. Maurits
Summary: This review examines the use of wearable sensors to measure movement in stroke patients and evaluates the relationship between sensor-based outcomes and existing clinical evaluation methods. The results show that sensor-based measures provide additional information for understanding patient behavior and recovery beyond what clinical evaluations can provide.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Wei Tang, Peter M. A. van Ooijen, Deborah A. Sival, Natasha M. Maurits
Summary: There are overlapping phenotypic features between Early Onset Ataxia (EOA) and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), making their clinical distinction complicated. This study presents a framework for quantitative gait assessment using 2D video recording and pose estimation, and evaluates different normalization methods for distance-based features. The results show the potential of using routine video recordings and distance-based features for the clinical evaluation of movement in EOA and DCD.
Article
Linguistics
Vass Verkhodanova, Matt Coler, Roel Jonkers, Sanne Timmermans, Natasha Maurits, Bauke de Jong, Wander Lowie
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between listeners' perceptual judgments of speech healthiness and the acoustic changes in the speech of people with Parkinson's disease. The findings show that regardless of listeners' expertise and language background, they are more sensitive to speech rate, phonation deficiency, and vowel centralization when classifying speech as healthy or unhealthy. These findings suggest that aspects of phonation and prosody serve as prominent markers of speech healthiness for listeners, independent of their first language or expertise. This has important implications for clinical practice and the subjective perception of speech in people with Parkinson's disease.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLINGUISTICS
(2022)
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Gerk Rozema, Arthur E. P. Veldman, Natasha M. Maurits
Summary: This paper describes the challenges of numerical coupling in multiphysics problems, particularly in the simulation of blood flow in compliant arteries. It analyzes the coupling between fluid flow and elastic vessel walls, as well as the coupling between a detailed 3D local flow model and a global 0D model representing global circulation. Different coupling approaches, both weak and strong, are studied, and their numerical stability limitations are discussed. The quasi-simultaneous coupling method, originally developed for partitioned problems in aerodynamics, is shown to be a robust and flexible approach for hemodynamic applications.
APPLIED NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Graziella Eshuis, Hiske van Duinen, Otto T. H. M. Lelieveld, Anneke K. Hegeman, Hessel Nijenhuis, Tineke P. Willems, Ann M. Hepping, Natasha Maurits, Gideon du Marchie J. Sarvaas, Rolf M. F. Berger
Summary: This study aimed to compare muscle strength in pediatric patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot to healthy peers and analyze the correlation between muscle strength and peak oxygen uptake, exercise capacity. The study found that children with repaired tetralogy of Fallot have reduced muscle strength, which strongly correlates with their exercise performance.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Nick Eleveld, Diana C. Esquivel-Franco, Gea Drost, Anthony R. Absalom, Clark J. Zeebregts, Jean-Paul P. M. de Vries, Jan Willem J. Elting, Natasha M. Maurits
Summary: Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a non-invasive technique used to measure tissue haemoglobin concentrations and oxygen saturation. However, the influence of extracerebral tissue on NIRS measurements is not clear. A systematic review of published studies was conducted, revealing that extracerebral tissue does influence NIRS measurements, but the evidence varies across studies.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Toivo Glatz, Wim Tops, Elisabeth Borleffs, Ulla Richardson, Natasha Maurits, Annemie Desoete, Ben Maassen
Summary: This study evaluates the effectiveness of a digital game-based learning tool for beginning readers of Dutch. Through a randomized controlled trial involving 247 first graders, the study found that the literacy game improved letter knowledge for all children in the classroom. Additionally, children with high phonological awareness were more fluent readers after extensive exposure to the reading game. This study is one of the first to use game-generated data for evaluating digital game-based learning for literacy interventions.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Zeus T. Dominguez-Vega, Gerrit Kramer, Jan Willem J. Elting, Marina A. J. Tijssen, Natasha M. Maurits
Summary: This study investigated the optimal number of days needed for reliable estimates of tremor characteristics in tremor patients using long-term tremor recordings. The results showed that, in general, one day of measurement is sufficient, but for some factors, like tremor frequency variability in organic tremor group and tremor intensity, more days are needed. Using at least three days with at least three hours of tremor data provides good to excellent reliability estimates for tremor percentage, frequency variability, and intensity in both organic and functional tremor patients.
TREMOR AND OTHER HYPERKINETIC MOVEMENTS
(2021)
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Mayra Bittencourt-Villalpando, Natasha M. Maurits
XV MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING - MEDICON 2019
(2020)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jun-Pyo Hong, Hanim Kwon, Euyhyun Park, Sun-Uk Lee, Chan-Nyoung Lee, Byung-Jo Kim, Ji-Soo Kim, Kun-Woo Park
Summary: In patients with mild-to-moderate PD, vestibular function assessed by video head-impulse tests appears relatively preserved and has minimal impact on the risk of falls. Risk of postural instability is associated with the severity of clinical symptoms in PD.
PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yaqin Xiang, XiuRong Huang, Qian Xu, Zhenhua Liu, Yase Chen, Qiying Sun, Junling Wang, Hong Jiang, Lu Shen, Xinxiang Yan, Beisha Tang, Jifeng Guo
Summary: Using the novel data-driven method DEBM, this study determined the sequence of several common biomarker changes in Parkinson's disease (PD). The left putamen was found to be the earliest biomarker to become abnormal, followed by the right putamen, CSF alpha-synuclein, right caudate, left caudate, and serum NfL. The estimated disease stages showed significant differences between PD and healthy controls, and achieved a high accuracy for distinguishing PD from HC.
PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS
(2024)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yan Li, David J. McLernon, Carl E. Counsell, Angus D. Macleod
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the incidence and risk factors for institutionalisation in Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonism (AP). The study found that institutionalisation was more frequent in AP compared to PD and controls. Age, poorer cognition, and more-severe parkinsonian impairment were independent predictors of institutionalisation.
PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS
(2024)