Combining Sudomotor Nerve Impulse Estimation with FMRI to Investigate the Central Sympathetic Response to Nausea

Sclocco, Roberta ;   Citi, Luca ;   Garcia, Ronald ;   Cerutti, Sergio ;   Bianchi, Anna Maria ;   Kuo, Braden ;   Napadow, Vitaly ;   Barbieri, Riccardo

Tags Brain physiology and modelingBrain functional imaging – fMRIBrain functional imaging – Spatial-temporal dynamics

The skin conductance (SC) signal is one of the most important non-invasive indirect measures of autonomic outflow. Several mathematical…

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EEG-Based Index for Engagement Level Monitoring during Sustained Attention

Coelli, Stefania ;   Sclocco, Roberta ;   Barbieri, Riccardo ;   Reni, Gianluigi ;   Zucca, Claudio ;   Bianchi, Anna Maria

Tags Signal processing in physiological systemsNonstationary processing of biomedical signals

This paper investigates the relation between mental engagement level and sustained attention in 9 healthy adults performing a Conners’…

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Investigating Autonomic Correlates of Continuous Pain in the Brainstem through High-Field FMRI

Sclocco, Roberta ;   Beissner, Florian ;   Polimeni, Jonathan ;   Desbordes, Gaelle ;   Wald, Lawrence L. ;   Cerutti, Sergio ;   Bianchi, Anna Maria ;   Barbieri, Riccardo ;   Napadow, Vitaly

Tags Brain functional imaging – fMRIBrain physiology and modelingBrain functional imaging – Spatial-temporal dynamics

The brainstem is a fundamental brain structure that includes afferent and efferent pathways and regulatory nuclei. However, it is still poorly…

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Neuroimaging Nausea to Better Understand Central Autonomic Network Physiology – A Multi-Modal Approach

Napadow, Vitaly ;   Sclocco, Roberta ;   Kim, Jieun ;   Kuo, Braden ;   Barbieri, Riccardo

Tags Human performance – Vestibular functionsBrain functional imaging – fMRIBrain functional imaging – Connectivity and information flow

Nausea is an aversive sensation and a symptom of many gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal disorders. Nausea is associated with robust…

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Revealing Brain Correlates of Autonomic Modulation by Combining Point Process Models of Heartbeat Dynamics with FMRI

Barbieri, Riccardo ;   Sclocco, Roberta ;   Napadow, Vitaly

Tags Brain physiology and modelingBrain functional imaging – fMRIBrain functional imaging – Spatial-temporal dynamics

Autonomic nervous system (ANS) responses to internal and external stimuli have been investigated by multiple studies. However, the brain…

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