A measure of cortico-cortical potentials evoked by 10 Hz direct electrical stimulation of the brain and by means of a differential recording mode of electrocorticographic signals

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2016 Aug:2016:4543-4546. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591738.

Abstract

Direct electrical stimulation (DES) at 60 Hz is used to perform real-time functional mapping of the brain during wide-awake neurosurgery. The electrophysiological effects of DES are largely unknown, locally and at a more remote distance. Here, by lowering the DES frequency to 10 Hz and by using a differential recording mode of electro-corticographic (ECoG) signals to improve the focality, we were able to record cortico-cortical evoked potentials easily with standard current amplitude of stimulation (2 mA). DES applied at 10 Hz and differential recording of ECoG could be used to map on-line the connectivity between different sub-cortical and cortical areas with a higher spatial accuracy.

MeSH terms

  • Brain / physiology*
  • Brain Mapping / methods*
  • Electric Stimulation / methods*
  • Electrocorticography / methods*
  • Evoked Potentials / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Neurosurgical Procedures
  • Wakefulness / physiology