abstract：OBJECTIVE:Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are becoming important tools for assistive technology, particularly through the use of motor imagery (MI) for aiding task completion. However, most existing methods of MI classification have been applied in a trial-wise fashion, with window sizes of approximately 2 s or more. A...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Freer D,Yang GZ

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Advances in electrode technology have facilitated the development of neuroprostheses for restoring motor/sensory function in disabled individuals. Information extracted from a whole nerve, recorded using cuffs, can provide signals that control the operation of neuroprostheses. However, the amount of informati...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Sabetian P,Yoo PB

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Electroencephalography (EEG) recorded during transcranial alternating current simulation (tACS) is highly desirable in order to investigate brain dynamics during stimulation, but is corrupted by large amplitude stimulation artefacts. Artefact removal algorithms have been presented previously, but with substan...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Kohli S,Casson AJ

更新日期：2020-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the internal segment of the globus pallidus (GPi) in patients with Parkinson's disease and dystonia improves motor symptoms and quality of life. Traditionally, pallidal borders have been demarcated by electrophysiological microelectrode recordings (MERs) during DBS surgery. How...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Valsky D,Blackwell KT,Tamir I,Eitan R,Bergman H,Israel Z

更新日期：2020-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is a reflection of medically unexplained physical symptoms that lead to distress and impairment in social and occupational functioning. SSD is phenomenologically diagnosed and its neurobiology remains unsolved. APPROACH:In this study, we performed hyper-parameter optimized clas...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Eken A,Çolak B,Bal NB,Kuşman A,Kızılpınar SÇ,Akaslan DS,Baskak B

更新日期：2019-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Haptic feedback is crucial when we manipulate objects. Information pertaining to an object's stiffness in particular can help facilitate fine motor control. In this study, we seek to determine whether objects of different stiffness levels can be recognized using haptic feedback provided by transcutaneous elec...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Vargas L,Shin H,Huang HH,Zhu Y,Hu X

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite their increasing use and public health importance, little is known about the consistency and variability of the quantitative features of baseline electroencephalography (EEG) measurements in healthy individuals and populations. This study aims to investigate population consistency of EEG features. AP...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Nahmias DO,Kontson KL,Soltysik DA,Civillico EF

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent advances in neural engineering have restored mobility to people with paralysis, relieved symptoms of movement disorders, reduced chronic pain, restored the sense of hearing, and provided sensory perception to individuals with sensory deficits. APPROACH:This progress was enabled by the team-based, inte...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Ereifej ES,Shell CE,Schofield JS,Charkhkar H,Cuberovic I,Dorval AD,Graczyk EL,Kozai TDY,Otto KJ,Tyler DJ,Welle CG,Widge AS,Zariffa J,Moritz CT,Bourbeau DJ,Marasco PD

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Activity-dependent stimulation (ADS) is designed to strengthen the connections between neuronal circuits and therefore may be a promising tool for promoting neurophysiological reorganization following a brain injury. To successfully perform this technique, two criteria must be met: (1) spikes in the extracell...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Murphy M,Buccelli S,Bornat Y,Bundy D,Nudo R,Guggenmos D,Chiappalone M

更新日期：2019-10-29 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：:Current treatment concepts for epilepsy are based on continuous drug delivery or electrical stimulation to prevent the occurrence of seizures, exposing the brain and body to a mostly unneeded risk of adverse effects. To address the infrequent occurrence and short duration of epileptic seizures, intelligent implantable...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Dümpelmann M

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:By means of subjective psychophysical methods, quality of transmitted speech has been decomposed into three perceptual dimensions named 'discontinuity' (F), 'noisiness' (N) and 'coloration' (C). Previous studies using electroencephalography (EEG) already reported effects of perceived intensity of single quali...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Uhrig S,Mittag G,Möller S,Voigt-Antons JN

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The generalization and robustness of an electroencephalogram (EEG)-based system are crucial requirements in actual practices. APPROACH:To reach these goals, we propose a new EEG representation that provides a more realistic view of brain functionality by applying multi-instance (MI) framework to consider the...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Sadatnejad K,Rahmati M,Rostami R,Kazemi R,Ghidary SS,Müller A,Alimardani F

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Currently commercially available nerve conduits have demonstrated suboptimal clinical efficacy in repairing peripheral nerve defects. Although tissue-engineered nerve grafts (TENGs) with sustained release of neurotrophic factors (NTFs) are experimentally proved to be more effective than these blank conduits, ...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Liu Y,Yu S,Gu X,Cao R,Cui S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulation (LIPUS) targeted to the mouse motor cortex can simultaneously induce local field potentials (LFPs) and electromyogram (EMG) responses. However, the functional coupling relationship between LFP and EMG signals has not been elucidated to date. This study aimed to inve...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Wang Y,Xie P,Zhou S,Wang X,Yuan Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Retinal prosthetic implants restore partial vision to patients blinded due to outer retinal degeneration, using a camera-guided multielectrode array (MEA) that electrically stimulates surviving retinal neurons. Commercial epi-retinal prostheses use millisecond-scale charge-balanced, symmetric, cathodic-first ...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Chang YC,Haji Ghaffari D,Chow RH,Weiland JD

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Currently, there are some 95 000 people in Europe suffering from upper-limb impairment. Rehabilitation should be undertaken right after the impairment occurs and should be regularly performed thereafter. Moreover, the rehabilitation process should be tailored specifically to both patient and impairment. APPR...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Nissler C,Nowak M,Connan M,Büttner S,Vogel J,Kossyk I,Márton ZC,Castellini C

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Among electrophysiological signals, local field potentials (LFPs) are extensively used to study brain activity, either in vivo or in vitro. LFPs are recorded with extracellular electrodes implanted in brain tissue. They reflect intermingled excitatory and inhibitory processes in neuronal assemblies. In cortic...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Yochum M,Modolo J,Mogul DJ,Benquet P,Wendling F

更新日期：2019-04-01 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: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：OBJECTIVE:Rhythmic brain stimulation has emerged as a powerful tool to modulate cognition and to target pathological oscillations related to neurological and psychiatric disorders. However, we lack a systematic understanding of how periodic stimulation interacts with endogenous neural activity as a function of the brai...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Li G,Henriquez CS,Fröhlich F

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Electrocorticography (ECoG) based studies generally analyze features from specific frequency bands selected by manual evaluation of spectral power. However, the definition of these features can vary across subjects, cortical areas, tasks and across time for a given subject. We propose an autoencoder based app...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Pailla T,Miller KJ,Gilja V

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Microwire and Utah-style neural recording arrays are the predominant devices used for cortical neural recording, but the implanted electrodes cause a significant adverse biological response and suffer from well-studied performance degradation. Recent work has demonstrated that carbon fiber electrodes do not e...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Massey TL,Santacruz SR,Hou JF,Pister KSJ,Carmena JM,Maharbiz MM

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Current brain-computer interface (BCI) studies demonstrate the potential to decode neural signals obtained from structured and trial-based tasks to drive actuators with high performance within the context of these tasks. Ideally, to maximize utility, such systems will be applied to a wide range of behavioral ...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Alasfour A,Gabriel P,Jiang X,Shamie I,Melloni L,Thesen T,Dugan P,Friedman D,Doyle W,Devinsky O,Gonda D,Sattar S,Wang S,Halgren E,Gilja V

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Most brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) based on functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) require that users perform mental tasks such as motor imagery, mental arithmetic, or music imagery to convey a message or to answer simple yes or no questions. These cognitive tasks usually have no direct association ...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Rezazadeh Sereshkeh A,Yousefi R,Wong AT,Chau T

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We implemented computational models of human and rat cortical neurons for simulating the neural response to cortical stimulation with electromagnetic fields. APPROACH:We adapted model neurons from the library of Blue Brain models to reflect biophysical and geometric properties of both adult rat and human cor...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Aberra AS,Peterchev AV,Grill WM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this work is to present gumpy, a new free and open source Python toolbox designed for hybrid brain-computer interface (BCI). APPROACH:Gumpy provides state-of-the-art algorithms and includes a rich selection of signal processing methods that have been employed by the BCI community over the la...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Tayeb Z,Waniek N,Fedjaev J,Ghaboosi N,Rychly L,Widderich C,Richter C,Braun J,Saveriano M,Cheng G,Conradt J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The clinical use of microsignals recorded over broad cortical regions is largely limited by the chronic reliability of the implanted interfaces. APPROACH:We evaluated the chronic reliability of novel 61-channel micro-electrocorticographic (µECoG) arrays in rats chronically implanted for over one year and usi...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Woods V,Trumpis M,Bent B,Palopoli-Trojani K,Chiang CH,Wang C,Yu C,Insanally MN,Froemke RC,Viventi J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Assessing an infant's brain development remains a challenge for neuroscientists and pediatricians despite great technological advances. As a non-invasive neuroimaging tool, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has great advantages in monitoring an infant's brain activity. To explore the dynamic featu...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Liang Z,Minagawa Y,Yang HC,Tian H,Cheng L,Arimitsu T,Takahashi T,Tong Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A primary control signal in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have been cortical signals related to movement. However, in cases where natural motor function remains, BCI control signals may interfere with other possibly simultaneous activity for useful ongoing movement. We sought to determine if the brain coul...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Bashford L,Wu J,Sarma D,Collins K,Rao RPN,Ojemann JG,Mehring C

更新日期：2018-12-01 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:Intracranial EEG (iEEG) or micro-electrocorticography (µECoG) microelectrodes offer high spatial resolution in recordings of neuronal activity from the exposed brain surface. Reliability of dielectric substrates and conductive materials of these devices are under intensive research in terms of functional stab...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Zátonyi A,Fedor F,Borhegyi Z,Fekete Z

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cochlear implants, while providing significant benefits to recipients, remain limited due to broad neural activation. Focussed multipolar stimulation (FMP) is an advanced stimulation strategy that uses multiple current sources to produce highly focussed patterns of neural excitation in order to overcome these...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Senn P,Shepherd RK,Fallon JB

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare the use of muscles appropriate for partial-hand prostheses with those typically used for complete hand devices and to determine whether differences in their underlying neural substrates translate to different levels of myoelectric control. APPROACH:We developed a no...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Dyson M,Barnes J,Nazarpour K

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Functions ascribed to the hippocampal sub-regions for encoding episodic memories include the separation of activity patterns propagated from the entorhinal cortex (EC) into the dentate gyrus (DG) and pattern completion in CA3 region. Since a direct assessment of these functions is lacking at the level of spec...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Poli D,Wheeler BC,DeMarse TB,Brewer GJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Given the rapid expansion of the field of neural stimulation and the rigorous regulatory approval requirements required before these devices can be applied clinically, it is important that there is clarity around conducting preclinical safety and efficacy studies required for the development of this technolog...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Shepherd RK,Villalobos J,Burns O,Nayagam DAX

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many physical models of biological processes including neural systems are characterized by parametric nonlinear dynamical relations between driving inputs, internal states, and measured outputs of the process. Fitting such models using experimental data (data assimilation) is a challenging task since the phys...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Madi MK,Karameh FN

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Haptic perception of a prosthetic limb or hand is a crucial, but often unmet, need which impacts the utility of the prostheses. In this study, we seek to evaluate the feasibility of a non-invasive transcutaneous nerve stimulation method in generating haptic feedback in a transradial amputee subject as well as...

journal_title：Journal of neural engineering

authors： Shin H,Watkins Z,Huang HH,Zhu Y,Hu X

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00