Pitsik Elena, Frolov Nikita, Hauke Kraemer K, Grubov Vadim, Maksimenko Vladimir, Kurths Jürgen, Hramov Alexander
Neuroscience and Cognitive Technology Laboratory, Center for Technologies in Robotics and Mechatronics Components, Innopolis University, 420500 Innopolis, The Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany.
Chaos. 2020 Feb;30(2):023111. doi: 10.1063/1.5136246.
The development of new approaches to detect motor-related brain activity is key in many aspects of science, especially in brain-computer interface applications. Even though some well-known features of motor-related electroencephalograms have been revealed using traditionally applied methods, they still lack a robust classification of motor-related patterns. Here, we introduce new features of motor-related brain activity and uncover hidden mechanisms of the underlying neuronal dynamics by considering event-related desynchronization (ERD) of μ-rhythm in the sensorimotor cortex, i.e., tracking the decrease of the power spectral density in the corresponding frequency band. We hypothesize that motor-related ERD is associated with the suppression of random fluctuations of μ-band neuronal activity. This is due to the lowering of the number of active neuronal populations involved in the corresponding oscillation mode. In this case, we expect more regular dynamics and a decrease in complexity of the EEG signal recorded over the sensorimotor cortex. In order to support this, we apply measures of signal complexity by means of recurrence quantification analysis (RQA). In particular, we demonstrate that certain RQA quantifiers are very useful to detect the moment of movement onset and, therefore, are able to classify the laterality of executed movements.
开发检测与运动相关的大脑活动的新方法在科学的许多方面都至关重要,尤其是在脑机接口应用中。尽管使用传统应用方法已经揭示了与运动相关的脑电图的一些著名特征,但它们仍然缺乏对运动相关模式的稳健分类。在这里,我们通过考虑感觉运动皮层中μ节律的事件相关去同步化(ERD),即跟踪相应频带中功率谱密度的降低,来介绍与运动相关的大脑活动的新特征,并揭示潜在神经元动力学的隐藏机制。我们假设与运动相关的ERD与μ波段神经元活动随机波动的抑制有关。这是由于参与相应振荡模式的活跃神经元群体数量减少。在这种情况下,我们预计脑电图信号会有更规则的动态变化,并且记录在感觉运动皮层上的信号复杂性会降低。为了支持这一点,我们通过递归量化分析(RQA)应用信号复杂性测量方法。特别是,我们证明某些RQA量化指标对于检测运动开始时刻非常有用,因此能够对执行运动的方向进行分类。