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Li J, Cao D, Yu S, Wang H, Imbach L, Stieglitz L, Sarnthein J, Jiang T. Theta-Alpha Connectivity in the Hippocampal-Entorhinal Circuit Predicts Working Memory Load. J Neurosci 2024; 44:e0398232023. [PMID: 38050110 PMCID: PMC10860618 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0398-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Working memory (WM) maintenance relies on multiple brain regions and inter-regional communications. The hippocampus and entorhinal cortex (EC) are thought to support this operation. Besides, EC is the main gateway for information between the hippocampus and neocortex. However, the circuit-level mechanism of this interaction during WM maintenance remains unclear in humans. To address these questions, we recorded the intracranial electroencephalography from the hippocampus and EC while patients (N = 13, six females) performed WM tasks. We found that WM maintenance was accompanied by enhanced theta/alpha band (2-12 Hz) phase synchronization between the hippocampus to the EC. The Granger causality and phase slope index analyses consistently showed that WM maintenance was associated with theta/alpha band-coordinated unidirectional influence from the hippocampus to the EC. Besides, this unidirectional inter-regional communication increased with WM load and predicted WM load during memory maintenance. These findings demonstrate that WM maintenance in humans engages the hippocampal-entorhinal circuit, with the hippocampus influencing the EC in a load-dependent manner.
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- Jin Li
- School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Swiss Epilepsy Center, Klinik Lengg, Zurich, Switzerland
- Zurich Neuroscience Center, ETH and University of Zurich, Zurich 8057, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich 8091, Switzerland
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- Zurich Neuroscience Center, ETH and University of Zurich, Zurich 8057, Switzerland
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich 8091, Switzerland
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Research Center for Augmented Intelligence, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311100, China
- Xiaoxiang Institute for Brain Health and Yongzhou Central Hospital, Yongzhou 425000, Hunan Province, China
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Sheybani L, Vivekananda U, Rodionov R, Diehl B, Chowdhury FA, McEvoy AW, Miserocchi A, Bisby JA, Bush D, Burgess N, Walker MC. Wake slow waves in focal human epilepsy impact network activity and cognition. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7397. [PMID: 38036557 PMCID: PMC10689494 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42971-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Slow waves of neuronal activity are a fundamental component of sleep that are proposed to have homeostatic and restorative functions. Despite this, their interaction with pathology is unclear and there is only indirect evidence of their presence during wakefulness. Using intracortical recordings from the temporal lobe of 25 patients with epilepsy, we demonstrate the existence of local wake slow waves (LoWS) with key features of sleep slow waves, including a down-state of neuronal firing. Consistent with a reduction in neuronal activity, LoWS were associated with slowed cognitive processing. However, we also found that LoWS showed signatures of a homeostatic relationship with interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs): exhibiting progressive adaptation during the build-up of network excitability before an IED and reducing the impact of subsequent IEDs on network excitability. We therefore propose an epilepsy homeostasis hypothesis: that slow waves in epilepsy reduce aberrant activity at the price of transient cognitive impairment.
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- Laurent Sheybani
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
- NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
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Murphy E, Forseth KJ, Donos C, Snyder KM, Rollo PS, Tandon N. The spatiotemporal dynamics of semantic integration in the human brain. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6336. [PMID: 37875526 PMCID: PMC10598228 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42087-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Language depends critically on the integration of lexical information across multiple words to derive semantic concepts. Limitations of spatiotemporal resolution have previously rendered it difficult to isolate processes involved in semantic integration. We utilized intracranial recordings in epilepsy patients (n = 58) who read written word definitions. Descriptions were either referential or non-referential to a common object. Semantically referential sentences enabled high frequency broadband gamma activation (70-150 Hz) of the inferior frontal sulcus (IFS), medial parietal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and medial temporal lobe in the left, language-dominant hemisphere. IFS, OFC and posterior middle temporal gyrus activity was modulated by the semantic coherence of non-referential sentences, exposing semantic effects that were independent of task-based referential status. Components of this network, alongside posterior superior temporal sulcus, were engaged for referential sentences that did not clearly reduce the lexical search space by the final word. These results indicate the existence of complementary cortical mosaics for semantic integration in posterior temporal and inferior frontal cortex.
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- Elliot Murphy
- Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
- Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Măgurele, 077125, Bucharest, Romania
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- Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
- Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
- Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Chen Z, Gao C, Li T, Ji X, Liu S, Xiao M. Open access dataset integrating EEG and fNIRS during Stroop tasks. Sci Data 2023; 10:618. [PMID: 37699935 PMCID: PMC10497617 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02524-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Conflict monitoring and processing are crucial components of the human cognitive system, with significant implications for daily life and the diagnosis of cognitive disorders. The Stroop task, combined with brain function detection technology, has been widely employed as a classical paradigm for investigating conflict processing. However, there remains a lack of public datasets that integrate Electroencephalogram (EEG) and functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to simultaneously record brain activity during a Stroop task. We introduce a dual-modality Stroop task dataset incorporating 34-channel EEG (sampling frequency is 1000 Hz) and 20-channel high temporal resolution fNIRS (sampling frequency is 100 Hz) measurements covering the whole frontal cerebral cortex from 21 participants (9 females/12 males, aged 23.0 ± 2.3 years). Event-related potential analysis of EEG recordings and activation analysis of fNIRS recordings were performed to show the significant Stroop effect. We expected that the data provided would be utilized to investigate multimodal data processing algorithms during cognitive processing.
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- Zemeng Chen
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300192, China.
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, USA
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- Division of Information Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, MALVINAS VÄG 10, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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Li J, Cao D, Yu S, Xiao X, Imbach L, Stieglitz L, Sarnthein J, Jiang T. Functional specialization and interaction in the amygdala-hippocampus circuit during working memory processing. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2921. [PMID: 37217494 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38571-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Both the hippocampus and amygdala are involved in working memory (WM) processing. However, their specific role in WM is still an open question. Here, we simultaneously recorded intracranial EEG from the amygdala and hippocampus of epilepsy patients while performing a WM task, and compared their representation patterns during the encoding and maintenance periods. By combining multivariate representational analysis and connectivity analyses with machine learning methods, our results revealed a functional specialization of the amygdala-hippocampal circuit: The mnemonic representations in the amygdala were highly distinct and decreased from encoding to maintenance. The hippocampal representations, however, were more similar across different items but remained stable in the absence of the stimulus. WM encoding and maintenance were associated with bidirectional information flow between the amygdala and the hippocampus in low-frequency bands (1-40 Hz). Furthermore, the decoding accuracy on WM load was higher by using representational features in the amygdala during encoding and in the hippocampus during maintenance, and by using information flow from the amygdala during encoding and that from the hippocampus during maintenance, respectively. Taken together, our study reveals that WM processing is associated with functional specialization and interaction within the amygdala-hippocampus circuit.
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- Jin Li
- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
- School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
- School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Swiss Epilepsy Center, Klinik Lengg, Zurich, Switzerland
- Zurich Neuroscience Center, ETH and University of Zurich, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Zurich Neuroscience Center, ETH Zurich, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.
- School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China.
- Research Center for Augmented Intelligence, Zhejiang Lab, 311100, Hangzhou, China.
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Dimakopoulos V, Mégevand P, Stieglitz LH, Imbach L, Sarnthein J. Information flows from hippocampus to auditory cortex during replay of verbal working memory items. eLife 2022; 11:78677. [PMID: 35960169 PMCID: PMC9374435 DOI: 10.7554/elife.78677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The maintenance of items in working memory (WM) relies on a widespread network of cortical areas and hippocampus where synchronization between electrophysiological recordings reflects functional coupling. We investigated the direction of information flow between auditory cortex and hippocampus while participants heard and then mentally replayed strings of letters in WM by activating their phonological loop. We recorded local field potentials from the hippocampus, reconstructed beamforming sources of scalp EEG, and – additionally in four participants – recorded from subdural cortical electrodes. When analyzing Granger causality, the information flow was from auditory cortex to hippocampus with a peak in the [4 8] Hz range while participants heard the letters. This flow was subsequently reversed during maintenance while participants maintained the letters in memory. The functional interaction between hippocampus and the cortex and the reversal of information flow provide a physiological basis for the encoding of memory items and their active replay during maintenance. Every day, the brain’s ability to temporarily store and recall information – called working memory – enables us to reason, solve complex problems or to speak. Holding pieces of information in working memory for short periods of times is a skill that relies on communication between neural circuits that span several areas of the brain. The hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped area at the centre of the brain, is well-known for its role in learning and memory. Less clear, however, is how brain regions that process sensory inputs, including visual stimuli and sounds, contribute to working memory. To investigate, Dimakopoulos et al. studied the flow of information between the hippocampus and the auditory cortex, which processes sound. To do so, various types of electrodes were placed on the scalp or surgically implanted in the brains of people with drug-resistant epilepsy. These electrodes measured the brain activity of participants as they read, heard and then mentally replayed strings of up to 8 letters. The electrical signals analysed reflected the flow of information between brain areas. When participants read and heard the sequence of letters, brain signals flowed from the auditory cortex to the hippocampus. The flow of electrical activity was reversed while participants recalled the letters. This pattern was found only in the left side of the brain, as expected for a language related task, and only if participants recalled the letters correctly. This work by Dimakopoulos et al. provides the first evidence of bidirectional communication between brain areas that are active when people memorise and recall information from their working memory. In doing so, it provides a physiological basis for how the brain encodes and replays information stored in working memory, which evidently relies on the interplay between the hippocampus and sensory cortex.
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- Vasileios Dimakopoulos
- Klinik für Neurochirurgie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Département des neurosciences fondamentales, Faculté de médecine, Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland.,Service de neurologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, Genève, Switzerland
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- Klinik für Neurochirurgie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Schweizerisches Epilepsie Zentrum, Klinik Lengg AG, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zuric, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Klinik für Neurochirurgie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, ETH Zuric, Zurich, Switzerland
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Mofrad MH, Gilmore G, Koller D, Mirsattari SM, Burneo JG, Steven DA, Khan AR, Suller Marti A, Muller L. Waveform detection by deep learning reveals multi-area spindles that are selectively modulated by memory load. eLife 2022; 11:75769. [PMID: 35766286 PMCID: PMC9242645 DOI: 10.7554/elife.75769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Sleep is generally considered to be a state of large-scale synchrony across thalamus and neocortex; however, recent work has challenged this idea by reporting isolated sleep rhythms such as slow oscillations and spindles. What is the spatial scale of sleep rhythms? To answer this question, we adapted deep learning algorithms initially developed for detecting earthquakes and gravitational waves in high-noise settings for analysis of neural recordings in sleep. We then studied sleep spindles in non-human primate electrocorticography (ECoG), human electroencephalogram (EEG), and clinical intracranial electroencephalogram (iEEG) recordings in the human. Within each recording type, we find widespread spindles occur much more frequently than previously reported. We then analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of these large-scale, multi-area spindles and, in the EEG recordings, how spindle patterns change following a visual memory task. Our results reveal a potential role for widespread, multi-area spindles in consolidation of memories in networks widely distributed across primate cortex. The brain processes memories as we sleep, generating rhythms of electrical activity called ‘sleep spindles’. Sleep spindles were long thought to be a state where the entire brain was fully synchronized by this rhythm. This was based on EEG recordings, short for electroencephalogram, a technique that uses electrodes on the scalp to measure electrical activity in the outermost layer of the brain, the cortex. But more recent intracranial recordings of people undergoing brain surgery have challenged this idea and suggested that sleep spindles may not be a state of global brain synchronization, but rather localised to specific areas. Mofrad et al. sought to clarify the extent to which spindles co-occur at multiple sites in the brain, which could shed light on how networks of neurons coordinate memory storage during sleep. To analyse highly variable brain wave recordings, Mofrad et al. adapted deep learning algorithms initially developed for detecting earthquakes and gravitational waves. The resulting algorithm, designed to more sensitively detect spindles amongst other brain activity, was then applied to a range of sleep recordings from humans and macaque monkeys. The analyses revealed that widespread and complex patterns of spindle rhythms, spanning multiple areas in the cortex of the brain, actually appear much more frequently than previously thought. This finding was consistent across all the recordings analysed, even recordings under the skull, which provide the clearest window into brain circuits. Further analyses found that these multi-area spindles occurred more often in sleep after people had completed tasks that required holding many visual scenes in memory, as opposed to control conditions with fewer visual scenes. In summary, Mofrad et al. show that neuroscientists had previously not appreciated the complex and dynamic patterns in this sleep rhythm. These patterns in sleep spindles may be able to adapt based on the demands needed for memory storage, and this will be the subject of future work. Moreover, the findings support the idea that sleep spindles help coordinate the consolidation of memories in brain circuits that stretch across the cortex. Understanding this mechanism may provide insights into how memory falters in aging and sleep-related diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Lastly, the algorithm developed by Mofrad et al. stands to be a useful tool for analysing other rhythmic waveforms in noisy recordings.
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- Maryam H Mofrad
- Department of Mathematics, Western University, London, Canada.,Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, Canada
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- Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, Canada.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Western University, London, Canada
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- Advanced Concepts Team, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada.,Department of Medical Imaging, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada.,Department of Psychology, Western University, London, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada
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- Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, Canada.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Western University, London, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada
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- Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, Canada.,Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada
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- Department of Mathematics, Western University, London, Canada.,Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, Canada
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López-Madrona VJ, Medina Villalon S, Badier JM, Trébuchon A, Jayabal V, Bartolomei F, Carron R, Barborica A, Vulliémoz S, Alario FX, Bénar CG. Magnetoencephalography can reveal deep brain network activities linked to memory processes. Hum Brain Mapp 2022; 43:4733-4749. [PMID: 35766240 PMCID: PMC9491290 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Recording from deep neural structures such as hippocampus noninvasively and yet with high temporal resolution remains a major challenge for human neuroscience. Although it has been proposed that deep neuronal activity might be recordable during cognitive tasks using magnetoencephalography (MEG), this remains to be demonstrated as the contribution of deep structures to MEG recordings may be too small to be detected or might be eclipsed by the activity of large‐scale neocortical networks. In the present study, we disentangled mesial activity and large‐scale networks from the MEG signals thanks to blind source separation (BSS). We then validated the MEG BSS components using intracerebral EEG signals recorded simultaneously in patients during their presurgical evaluation of epilepsy. In the MEG signals obtained during a memory task involving the recognition of old and new images, we identified with BSS a putative mesial component, which was present in all patients and all control subjects. The time course of the component selectively correlated with stereo‐electroencephalography signals recorded from hippocampus and rhinal cortex, thus confirming its mesial origin. This finding complements previous studies with epileptic activity and opens new possibilities for using MEG to study deep brain structures in cognition and in brain disorders.
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- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, INS, Inst Neurosci Syst, Marseille, France.,APHM, Timone Hospital, Epileptology and Cerebral Rhythmology, Marseille, France
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- APHM, Timone Hospital, Epileptology and Cerebral Rhythmology, Marseille, France.,APHM, Timone Hospital, Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, INS, Inst Neurosci Syst, Marseille, France.,APHM, Timone Hospital, Epileptology and Cerebral Rhythmology, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, INS, Inst Neurosci Syst, Marseille, France.,APHM, Timone Hospital, Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Marseille, France
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- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, INS, Inst Neurosci Syst, Marseille, France
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Bod RB, Rokai J, Meszéna D, Fiáth R, Ulbert I, Márton G. From End to End: Gaining, Sorting, and Employing High-Density Neural Single Unit Recordings. Front Neuroinform 2022; 16:851024. [PMID: 35769832 PMCID: PMC9236662 DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2022.851024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The meaning behind neural single unit activity has constantly been a challenge, so it will persist in the foreseeable future. As one of the most sourced strategies, detecting neural activity in high-resolution neural sensor recordings and then attributing them to their corresponding source neurons correctly, namely the process of spike sorting, has been prevailing so far. Support from ever-improving recording techniques and sophisticated algorithms for extracting worthwhile information and abundance in clustering procedures turned spike sorting into an indispensable tool in electrophysiological analysis. This review attempts to illustrate that in all stages of spike sorting algorithms, the past 5 years innovations' brought about concepts, results, and questions worth sharing with even the non-expert user community. By thoroughly inspecting latest innovations in the field of neural sensors, recording procedures, and various spike sorting strategies, a skeletonization of relevant knowledge lays here, with an initiative to get one step closer to the original objective: deciphering and building in the sense of neural transcript.
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- Réka Barbara Bod
- Laboratory of Experimental Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureş, Târgu Mureş, Romania
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- Integrative Neuroscience Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- School of PhD Studies, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Integrative Neuroscience Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Integrative Neuroscience Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Integrative Neuroscience Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Integrative Neuroscience Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
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Ye H, Li G, Sheng X, Zhu X. Phase-amplitude coupling between low-frequency scalp EEG and high-frequency intracranial EEG during working memory task. J Neural Eng 2022; 19. [PMID: 35441594 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac63e9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Objective. Revealing the relationship between simultaneous scalp electroencephalography (EEG) and intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) is of great importance for both neuroscientific research and translational applications. However, whether prominent iEEG features in the high-gamma band can be reflected by scalp EEG is largely unknown. To address this, we investigated the phase-amplitude coupling (PAC) phenomenon between the low-frequency band of scalp EEG and the high-gamma band of iEEG.Approach. We analyzed a simultaneous iEEG and scalp EEG dataset acquired under a verbal working memory paradigm from nine epilepsy subjects. The PAC values between pairs of scalp EEG channel and identified iEEG channel were explored. After identifying the frequency combinations and electrode locations that generated the most significant PAC values, we compared the PAC values of different task periods (encoding, maintenance, and retrieval) and memory loads.Main results. We demonstrated that the amplitude of high-gamma activities in the entorhinal cortex, hippocampus, and amygdala was correlated to the delta or theta phase at scalp locations such as Cz and Pz. In particular, the frequency bin that generated the maximum PAC value centered at 3.16-3.84 Hz for the phase and 50-85 Hz for the amplitude. Moreover, our results showed that PAC values for the retrieval period were significantly higher than those of the encoding and maintenance periods, and the PAC was also influenced by the memory load.Significance. This is the first human simultaneous iEEG and scalp EEG study demonstrating that the amplitude of iEEG high-gamma components is associated with the phase of low-frequency components in scalp EEG. These findings enhance our understanding of multiscale neural interactions during working memory, and meanwhile, provide a new perspective to estimate intracranial high-frequency features with non-invasive neural recordings.
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- Huanpeng Ye
- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Rezayat E, Clark K, Dehaqani MRA, Noudoost B. Dependence of Working Memory on Coordinated Activity Across Brain Areas. Front Syst Neurosci 2022; 15:787316. [PMID: 35095433 PMCID: PMC8792503 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2021.787316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Neural signatures of working memory (WM) have been reported in numerous brain areas, suggesting a distributed neural substrate for memory maintenance. In the current manuscript we provide an updated review of the literature focusing on intracranial neurophysiological recordings during WM in primates. Such signatures of WM include changes in firing rate or local oscillatory power within an area, along with measures of coordinated activity between areas based on synchronization between oscillations. In comparing the ability of various neural signatures in any brain area to predict behavioral performance, we observe that synchrony between areas is more frequently and robustly correlated with WM performance than any of the within-area neural signatures. We further review the evidence for alteration of inter-areal synchrony in brain disorders, consistent with an important role for such synchrony during behavior. Additionally, results of causal studies indicate that manipulating synchrony across areas is especially effective at influencing WM task performance. Each of these lines of research supports the critical role of inter-areal synchrony in WM. Finally, we propose a framework for interactions between prefrontal and sensory areas during WM, incorporating a range of experimental findings and offering an explanation for the observed link between intra-areal measures and WM performance.
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- Ehsan Rezayat
- School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
- Cognitive Systems Laboratory, Control and Intelligent Processing Center of Excellence (CIPCE), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
- *Correspondence: Behrad Noudoost,
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Boran E, Stieglitz L, Sarnthein J. Epileptic High-Frequency Oscillations in Intracranial EEG Are Not Confounded by Cognitive Tasks. Front Hum Neurosci 2021; 15:613125. [PMID: 33746723 PMCID: PMC7971186 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.613125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rationale: High-frequency oscillations (HFOs) in intracranial EEG (iEEG) are used to delineate the epileptogenic zone during presurgical diagnostic assessment in patients with epilepsy. HFOs are historically divided into ripples (80-250 Hz), fast ripples (FR, >250 Hz), and their co-occurrence (FRandR). In a previous study, we had validated the rate of FRandRs during deep sleep to predict seizure outcome. Here, we ask whether epileptic FRandRs might be confounded by physiological FRandRs that are unrelated to epilepsy. Methods: We recorded iEEG in the medial temporal lobe MTL (hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, and amygdala) in 17 patients while they performed cognitive tasks. The three cognitive tasks addressed verbal working memory, visual working memory, and emotional processing. In our previous studies, these tasks activated the MTL. We re-analyzed the data of these studies with the automated detector that focuses on the co-occurrence of ripples and FRs (FRandR). Results: For each task, we identified those channels in which the HFO rate was modulated during the task condition compared to the control condition. However, the number of these channels did not exceed the chance level. Interestingly, even during wakefulness, the HFO rate was higher for channels within the seizure onset zone (SOZ) than for channels outside the SOZ. Conclusion: Our prospective definition of an epileptic HFO, the FRandR, is not confounded by physiological HFOs that might be elicited by our cognitive tasks. This is reassuring for the clinical use of FRandR as a biomarker of the EZ.
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- Ece Boran
- Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Universitäts Spital und Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Universitäts Spital und Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Universitäts Spital und Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Fedele T, Boran E, Chirkov V, Hilfiker P, Grunwald T, Stieglitz L, Jokeit H, Sarnthein J. Dataset of spiking and LFP activity invasively recorded in the human amygdala during aversive dynamic stimuli. Sci Data 2021; 8:9. [PMID: 33446665 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-00790-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We present an electrophysiological dataset collected from the amygdalae of nine participants attending a visual dynamic stimulation of emotional aversive content. The participants were patients affected by epilepsy who underwent preoperative invasive monitoring in the mesial temporal lobe. Participants were presented with dynamic visual sequences of fearful faces (aversive condition), interleaved with sequences of neutral landscapes (neutral condition). The dataset contains the simultaneous recording of intracranial EEG (iEEG) and neuronal spike times and waveforms, and localization information for iEEG electrodes. Participant characteristics and trial information are provided. We technically validated this dataset and provide here the spike sorting quality metrics and the spectra of iEEG signals. This dataset allows the investigation of amygdalar response to dynamic aversive stimuli at multiple spatial scales, from the macroscopic EEG to the neuronal firing in the human brain.
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Zhou Y, Huang S, Xu Z, Wang P, Wu X, Zhang D. Cognitive Workload Recognition Using EEG Signals and Machine Learning: A Review. IEEE Trans Cogn Dev Syst 2021. [DOI: 10.1109/tcds.2021.3090217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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