Journal of Neural Engineering latest papers

The synchronous neural interactions test as a functional neuromarker for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a robust classification method based on the bootstrap

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A P Georgopoulos, H-R M Tan, S M Lewis, A C Leuthold, A M Winskowski, J K Lynch and B Engdahl
Affiliation(s): Brain Sciences Center, US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (11B), Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA; Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Psychology Section, US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (11B), Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 5545, USA; Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, University of Glasgow, 58 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QB, UK

An independent brain–computer interface using covert non-spatial visual selective attention

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Dan Zhang, Alexander Maye, Xiaorong Gao, Bo Hong, Andreas K Engel and Shangkai Gao
Affiliation(s): Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China; Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany

The causal relationship between subcortical local field potential oscillations and Parkinsonian resting tremor

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Peter Tass, Dmitry Smirnov, Anatoly Karavaev, Utako Barnikol, Thomas Barnikol, Ilya Adamchic, Christian Hauptmann, Norbert Pawelcyzk, Mohammad Maarouf, Volker Sturm, Hans-Joachim Freund and Boris Bezruchko
Affiliation(s): Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine--Neuromodulation (INM-7) and Virtual Institute of Neuromodulation, Research Center Julich, D-52425 Julich, Germany; Department of Stereotaxic and Functional Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, 50924 Cologne, Germany; Saratov Branch of V A Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Zelyonaya Str., 410019 Saratov, Russia; Department of Nano- and BioMedical Technologies, Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya Str., 410012 Saratov, Russia

Chronic network stimulation enhances evoked action potentials

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): A N Ide, A Andruska, M Boehler, B C Wheeler and G J Brewer
Affiliation(s): Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794-9626, USA; J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-6131, USA; Department of Neurology, Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794-9626, USA

Multi-site optical excitation using ChR2 and micro-LED array

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Nir Grossman, Vincent Poher, Matthew S Grubb, Gordon T Kennedy, Konstantin Nikolic, Brian McGovern, Rolando Berlinguer Palmini, Zheng Gong, Emmanuel M Drakakis, Mark A A Neil, Martin D Dawson, Juan Burrone and Patrick Degenaar
Affiliation(s): Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK; Devision of Neuroscience, Imperial College, London, UK; Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, UK; Department of Developmental Neurobiology, King's College, London, UK; Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College, London, UK; Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

DBS-relevant electric fields increase hydraulic conductivity of in vitro endothelial monolayers

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S V Lopez-Quintero, A Datta, R Amaya, M Elwassif, M Bikson and J M Tarbell
Affiliation(s): Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of New York of CUNY, Room T-403b, Steinman Hall, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, USA

Saliency-based image processing for retinal prostheses

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): N Parikh, L Itti and J Weiland
Affiliation(s): Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Computer Science, Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Departments of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

A comparison of regression techniques for a two-dimensional sensorimotor rhythm-based brain–computer interface

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Joan Fruitet, Dennis J McFarland and Jonathan R Wolpaw
Affiliation(s): Ecole Normale Superieure, 45 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris cedex 05, France; Laboratory of Neural Injury and Repair, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health and State University of New York, Albany, NY 12201, USA

Automatic classification of background EEG activity in healthy and sick neonates

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Johan Lofhede, Magnus Thordstein, Nils Lofgren, Anders Flisberg, Manuel Rosa-Zurera, Ingemar Kjellmer and Kaj Lindecrantz
Affiliation(s): School of Engineering, University College of Boras, Boras, Sweden; Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden; Section for Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden; Neoventa Medical AB, Goteborg, Sweden; Department of Pediatrics, Goteborg University, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden; Department of Signal Theory and Communications, University of Alcala, Alcala de Henares, Spain

Bifurcating microchannels as a scaffold to induce separation of regenerating neurites

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): P A Wieringa, R W F Wiertz, E de Weerd and W L C Rutten
Affiliation(s): Neurotechnology Group/BSS, MIRA Institute, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands; BIOS Group, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

In vivo electrochemical characterization and inflammatory response of multiwalled carbon nanotube-based electrodes in rat hippocampus

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Saugandhika Minnikanti, Marilia G A G Pereira, Sanaz Jaraiedi, Kassandra Jackson, Claudio M Costa-Neto, Qiliang Li and Nathalia Peixoto
Affiliation(s): Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Neural Engineering Laboratory, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine at Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil; Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed