Directed causality of the human electrocorticogram during dexterous movement

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012:2012:1872-5. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346317.

Abstract

While significant strides have been made in designing brain-machine interfaces for use in humans, efforts to decode truly dexterous movements in real time have been hindered by difficulty extracting detailed movement-related information from the most practical human neural interface, the electrocorticogram (ECoG). We explore a potentially rich, largely untapped source of movement-related information in the form of cortical connectivity computed with time-varying dynamic Bayesian networks (TV-DBN). We discover that measures of connectivity between ECoG electrodes derived from the local motor potential vary with dexterous movement in 65% of movement-related electrode pairs tested, and measures of connectivity derived from spectral features vary with dexterous movement in 76%. Due to the large number of features generated with connectivity methods, the TV-DBN a promising tool for dexterous decoding.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bayes Theorem
  • Child
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Electrodes
  • Electroencephalography / instrumentation*
  • Evoked Potentials, Motor / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Movement / physiology*
  • Nerve Net / physiopathology
  • Time Factors
  • Young Adult