| Autor: |
Feixue Wang, Libo Zhang, Lupeng Yue, Yuxuan Zeng, Qing Zhao, Qingjuan Gong, Jianbo Zhang, Dongyang Liu, Xiuying Luo, Xiaolei Xia, Li Wan, Li Hu |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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| Zdroj: |
NeuroImage, Vol 232, Iss , Pp 117892- (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1095-9572 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117892 |
| Popis: |
The brain and the spinal cord together make up the central nervous system (CNS). The functions of the human brain have been the focus of neuroscience research for a long time. However, the spinal cord is largely ignored, and the functional interaction of these two parts of the CNS is only partly understood. This study developed a novel method to simultaneously record spinal cord electrophysiology (SCE) and electroencephalography (EEG) signals and validated its performance using a classical resting-state study design with two experimental conditions: eyes-closed (EC) and eyes-open (EO). We recruited nine postherpetic neuralgia patients implanted with a spinal cord stimulator, which was modified to record SCE signals simultaneously with EEG signals. For both EEG and SCE, similar differences were found in delta- and alpha-band oscillations between the EC and EO conditions, and the spectral power of these frequency bands was able to predict EC/EO behaviors. Moreover, causal connectivity analysis suggested a top-down regulation in delta-band oscillations from the brain to the spinal cord. Altogether, this study demonstrates the validity of simultaneous SCE-EEG recording and shows that the novel method is a valuable tool to investigate the brain-spinal interaction. With this method, we can better unite knowledge about the brain and the spinal cord for a deeper understanding of the functions of the whole CNS. |
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