Application of Higher-Order Spectral Analysis to Local Field Potentials Recorded in Patients Treated with Deep Brain Stimulation
Marceglia, Sara ; Bianchi, Anna Maria ; Guglielmo, Foffani ; Priori, Alberto ; Cerutti, Sergio
Neural signal processing
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Neural signals – Spectral analysis
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Neural signals – Nonlinear analysis
Local field potentials (LFPs) recorded from implanted deep brain electrodes demonstrated the oscillatory nature of human basal ganglia. LFP…
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
Brain physiology and modeling
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Brain functional imaging – fMRI
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Brain 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…
Evaluation of the Correlation between Cardiac and Sympathetic Baroreflex Sensitivity before Orthostatic Syncope
Marchi, Andrea ; Bari, Vlasta ; De Maria, Beatrice ; Cerutti, Sergio ; Heusser, Karsten ; Tank, Jens ; Jordan, Jens ; Barbic, Franca ; Furlan, Raffaello ; Porta, Alberto
Cardiovascular signal processing
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Baroreflex
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Autonomic nervous system
The study investigates the two different aspects of the baroreflex control resulting in two baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) indexes: i)…
Grand Challenges in Brain Research in Europe and in USA
Cerutti, Sergio ; Bonato, Paolo
Brain physiology and modeling
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Brain functional imaging
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Brain-computer/machine interface
This MiniSymposium will discuss the relevant motivations of two important research projects with major funding at the two shores of the…
High-Resolution Quantitative Imaging of the Substantia Nigra
Trujillo, Paula ; Smith, Alex K. ; Summers, Paul E. ; Mainardi, Luca ; Cerutti, Sergio ; Smith, Seth A. ; Costa, Antonella
MR neuroimaging
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Brain image analysis
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Image feature extraction
There is growing interest in identifying neuroimaging-based biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease (PD), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder…
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
Brain functional imaging – fMRI
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Brain physiology and modeling
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Brain 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…
Wiener-Granger Causality in QT-HP Variability Interactions
Porta, Alberto ; Bari, Vlasta ; Marchi, Andrea ; De Maria, Beatrice ; Cerutti, Sergio
Multivariate signal processing
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Signal processing in physiological systems
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Causality
The study exploits a Wiener-Granger causality (WGC) approach in the time domain to assess directionality of the dynamical interactions…