Neurofeedback of scalp bi-hemispheric EEG sensorimotor rhythm guides hemispheric activation of sensorimotor cortex in the targeted hemisphere

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Oscillatory electroencephalographic (EEG) activity is associated with the excitability of cortical regions. Visual feedback of EEG-oscillations may promote sensorimotor cortical activation, but its spatial specificity is not truly guaranteed due to signal interaction among interhemispheric brain regions. Guiding spatially specific activation is important for facilitating neural rehabilitation processes. Here, we tested whether users could explicitly guide sensorimotor cortical activity to the contralateral or ipsilateral hemisphere using a spatially bivariate EEG-based neurofeedback that monitors bi-hemispheric sensorimotor cortical activities for healthy participants. Two different motor imageries (shoulder and hand MIs) were selected to see how differences in intrinsic corticomuscular projection patterns might influence activity lateralization. We showed sensorimotor cortical activities during shoulder, but not hand MI, can be brought under ipsilateral control with guided EEG-based neurofeedback. These results are compatible with neuroanatomy; shoulder muscles are innervated bihemispherically, whereas hand muscles are mostly innervated contralaterally. We demonstrate the neuroanatomically-inspired approach enables us to investigate potent neural remodeling functions that underlie EEG-based neurofeedback via a BCI.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:223

Enthalten in:

NeuroImage - 223(2020) vom: 15. Dez., Seite 117298

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hayashi, Masaaki [VerfasserIn]
Mizuguchi, Nobuaki [VerfasserIn]
Tsuchimoto, Shohei [VerfasserIn]
Ushiba, Junichi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brain-Computer Interface
Electroencephalography
Journal Article
Laterality
Neural plasticity
Neurofeedback
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sensorimotor cortical activity

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Date Completed 03.03.2021

Date Revised 03.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117298

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31402557X