An improved P300 pattern in BCI to catch user's attention.

abstract：:We investigated the relationships of the firing rate and maximal recruitment threshold of motoneurons recorded during isometric contraction with the number of spindles in individual muscles. At force levels above 10% of maximal voluntary contraction, the firing rate was inversely related to the number of spindles in a...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： De Luca CJ,Kline JC

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Implantable retinal prostheses aim to provide artificial vision to those suffering from retinal degenerative diseases by electrically stimulating the remaining retinal neurons using a multi-electrode array. The spatial resolution of these devices can be improved by creation of so-called virtual channels (VCs)...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Song X,Guo T,Shivdasani MN,Dokos S,Lovell NH,Li X,Qiu S,Li T,Zheng S,Li L

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Most recent steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)-based brain-computer interface (BCI) systems have used a single frequency for each target, so that a large number of targets require a large number of stimulus frequencies and therefore a wider frequency band. However, human beings show good SSVEP respo...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Chen X,Chen Z,Gao S,Gao X

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper discusses the invariance and variability in interaction error-related potentials (ErrPs), where a special focus is laid upon the factors of (1) the human mental processing required to assess interface actions (2) time (3) subjects. APPROACH:Three different experiments were designed as to vary prim...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Abu-Alqumsan M,Kapeller C,Hintermüller C,Guger C,Peer A

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We consider the problem of desynchronizing a network of synchronized, globally (all-to-all) coupled neurons using an input to a single neuron. This is done by applying the discrete time dynamic programming method to reduced phase models for neural populations. This technique numerically minimizes a certain cost functi...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Nabi A,Moehlis J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aim to increase the number of neural spikes that can be detected in a single channel extracellular neural recording. APPROACH:We propose a pre-emphasis method facilitating stochastic resonance (SR), where we introduce the band-pass-filtered noisy extracellular recording to an overdamped Brownian particle ...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Güngör CB,Töreyin H

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical stimulation of peripheral nerve activates large-diameter fibers before small ones. A physiological recruitment order, from small to large-diameter axons, is desirable in many applications. Previous studies using computer simulations showed that selective activation of small fibers could be achieved by resha...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Lertmanorat Z,Durand DM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stability and selectivity are important when restoring long-term, functional sensory feedback in individuals with limb-loss. Our objective is to demonstrate a chronic, clinical neural stimulation system for providing selective sensory response in two upper-limb amputees. APPROACH:Multi-contact cuff electrode...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Tan DW,Schiefer MA,Keith MW,Anderson JR,Tyler DJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Neural modulation is a fundamental tool for understanding and treating neurological and psychiatric diseases. However, due to the high-dimensional space, subject-specific responses, and variability within each subject, it is a major challenge to select the stimulation parameters that have the desired effect. ...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Connolly MJ,Park SE,Laxpati NG,Zaidi SA,Ghetiya M,Fernandez A,Gutekunst CA,Gross RE

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have the potential to be valuable clinical tools. However, the varied nature of BCIs, combined with the large number of laboratories participating in BCI research, makes uniform performance reporting difficult. To address this situation, we present a tutorial on performance me...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Thompson DE,Quitadamo LR,Mainardi L,Laghari KU,Gao S,Kindermans PJ,Simeral JD,Fazel-Rezai R,Matteucci M,Falk TH,Bianchi L,Chestek CA,Huggins JE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this work is to use the capability of spiking neural networks to capture the spatio-temporal information encoded in time-series signals and decode them without the use of hand-crafted features and vector-based learning and the realization of the spiking model on low-power neuromorphic hardwar...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Behrenbeck J,Tayeb Z,Bhiri C,Richter C,Rhodes O,Kasabov N,Espinosa-Ramos JI,Furber S,Cheng G,Conradt J

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:When designing multiclass motor imagery-based brain-computer interface (MI-BCI), a so-called tangent space mapping (TSM) method utilizing the geometric structure of covariance matrices is an effective technique. This paper aims to introduce a method using TSM for finding accurate operational frequency bands r...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Islam MR,Tanaka T,Molla MKI

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Electrical status epilepticus during sleep (ESES), as electroencephalographic disturbances, is characterized by strong activation of epileptiform activity in the electroencephalogram during sleep. Quantitative descriptors of such epileptiform activity can support the diagnose and the prognosis of children wit...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Zhao X,Wang X,Chen C,Fan J,Yu X,Wang Z,Akbarzadeh S,Li Q,Zhou S,Chen W

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In biomagnetic signal processing, the theory of the signal subspace has been applied to removing interfering magnetic fields, and a representative algorithm is the signal space projection algorithm, in which the signal/interference subspace is defined in the spatial domain as the span of signal/interference-s...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Sekihara K,Nagarajan SS

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A visual stimulator plays a vital part in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) based on steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP). The properties of visual stimulation, such as frequency, color, and waveform, will influence SSVEP-based BCI performance to some extent. Recently, the computer monitor serves as a ...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Chen X,Wang Y,Zhang S,Xu S,Gao X

更新日期：2019-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although electrode size should be miniaturized to provide higher selectivity for neural signal recording and to avoid tissue damage, small sized electrodes induce high impedance, which decreases recording quality. In this work, the electrode surface was modified to increase the effective surface area to lower...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Chung T,Wang JQ,Wang J,Cao B,Li Y,Pang SW

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Depression is a severe mental disorder. However, the neural mechanisms underlying affective interference (difficulties in directing attention away from negative distractors) in depression patients are still not well-understood. In particular, the connections between brain regions remain unclear. Using the emo...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Guo Z,Wu X,Liu J,Yao L,Hu B

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In electroencephalographic (EEG) data, signals from distinct sources within the brain are widely spread by volume conduction and superimposed such that sensors receive mixtures of a multitude of signals. This reduction of spatial information strongly hampers single-trial analysis of EEG data as, for example, ...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Sannelli C,Vidaurre C,Müller KR,Blankertz B

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some issues in neuroscience can be addressed by building robot models of biological sensorimotor systems. What we can conclude from building models or simulations, however, is determined by a number of factors in addition to the central hypothesis we intend to test. These include the way in which the hypothesis is rep...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Webb B

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tactile afferents in the human hand provide fundamental information about hand-environment interactions, which is used by the brain to adapt the motor output to the physical properties of the object being manipulated. A hand amputation disrupts both afferent and efferent pathways from/to the hand, completely ...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Clemente F,Valle G,Controzzi M,Strauss I,Iberite F,Stieglitz T,Granata G,Rossini PM,Petrini F,Micera S,Cipriani C

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the technological developments underlying the realization of a reliable and reproducible microchip-based stimulator with a large number of stimulus electrodes. A microchip-based stimulator with over 500 electrodes for suprachoroidal transretinal stimulation (STS) is proposed in this paper, and an ...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Ohta J,Tokuda T,Kagawa K,Sugitani S,Taniyama M,Uehara A,Terasawa Y,Nakauchi K,Fujikado T,Tano Y

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Low-intensity focused ultrasound stimulation (LIFUS) emerges as an attracting technology for noninvasive modulation of neural circuits, yet the underlying action mechanisms remain unclear. The neuronal intramembrane cavitation excitation (NICE) model suggests that LIFUS excites neurons through a complex inter...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Lemaire T,Neufeld E,Kuster N,Micera S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular metal microelectrodes are widely used to record single neuron activity in vivo. However, their signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is often far from optimal due to their high impedance value. It has been recently reported that carbon nanotube (CNT) coatings may decrease microelectrode impedance, thus improving t...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Baranauskas G,Maggiolini E,Castagnola E,Ansaldo A,Mazzoni A,Angotzi GN,Vato A,Ricci D,Panzeri S,Fadiga L

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fractional calculus plays a key role in the analysis of neural dynamics. In particular, fractional calculus has been recently exploited for analyzing complex biological systems and capturing intrinsic phenomena. Also, artificial neural networks have been shown to have complex neuronal dynamics and characteris...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Lu Q

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:State of the art brain-computer interface (BCI) research focuses on improving individual components such as the application or the decoder that converts the user's brain activity to control signals. In this study, we investigate the interaction between these components in the P300 speller, a BCI for communica...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Verhoeven T,Buteneers P,Wiersema JR,Dambre J,Kindermans PJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Real-time closed-loop neural feedback control requires the analysis of action potential traces within several milliseconds after they have been recorded from the brain. The current generation of spike clustering algorithms were mostly designed for off-line use and also require a significant amount of computat...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Mohammadi Z,Kincaid JM,Pun SH,Klug A,Liu C,Lei TC

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantable electrode arrays capable of recording and stimulating neural activity with high spatial and temporal resolution will provide a foundation for future brain computer interface technology. Currently, their clinical impact has been curtailed by a general lack of functional stability, which can be attributed to...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Retterer ST,Smith KL,Bjornsson CS,Turner JN,Isaacson MS,Shain W

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to develop a robotic interface capable of providing finely-tuned, multidirectional trunk assistance adjusted in real-time during unconstrained locomotion in rats and mice. APPROACH:We interfaced a large-scale robotic structure actuated in four degrees of freedom to exchangeable attachment modules e...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： von Zitzewitz J,Asboth L,Fumeaux N,Hasse A,Baud L,Vallery H,Courtine G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic aggregation assay and impedance sensing (IS) were used to monitor a change in in vitro neuron-neuron adhesion in response to blocking of cell adhesion molecules. By blocking neuron-neuron adhesion, migration and aggregation of neuronal cells can be inhibited. This leads to better control of spatial arrange...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Wiertz RW,Marani E,Rutten WL

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multimodal neuroimaging approaches are beneficial to discover brain functionalities at high spatial and temporal resolution. In our work, a novel material composition of a microECoG device relying on Parylene HT and indium-tin-oxide (ITO) is presented, which facilitates two-photon imaging of Ca2+ signals and ...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Zátonyi A,Madarász M,Szabó Á,Lőrincz T,Hodován R,Rózsa B,Fekete Z

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00