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

Tags Neural signal processingNeural signals – Spectral analysisNeural signals – Nonlinear analysis

Local field potentials (LFPs) recorded from implanted deep brain electrodes demonstrated the oscillatory nature of human basal ganglia. LFP…

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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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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

Tags Cardiovascular signal processingBaroreflexAutonomic nervous system

The study investigates the two different aspects of the baroreflex control resulting in two baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) indexes: i)…

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Grand Challenges in Brain Research in Europe and in USA

Cerutti, Sergio ;   Bonato, Paolo

Tags Brain physiology and modelingBrain functional imagingBrain-computer/machine interface

This MiniSymposium will discuss the relevant motivations of two important research projects with major funding at the two shores of the…

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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

Tags MR neuroimagingBrain image analysisImage feature extraction

There is growing interest in identifying neuroimaging-based biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease (PD), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder…

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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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Wiener-Granger Causality in QT-HP Variability Interactions

Porta, Alberto ;   Bari, Vlasta ;   Marchi, Andrea ;   De Maria, Beatrice ;   Cerutti, Sergio

Tags Multivariate signal processingSignal processing in physiological systemsCausality

The study exploits a Wiener-Granger causality (WGC) approach in the time domain to assess directionality of the dynamical interactions…

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