Use of magnitude-squared coherence to identify the maximum driving response band of the somatosensory evoked potential

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

A.f.c. Infantosi²  D.b. Melges²  C.j. Tierra-criollo¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Coordenação dos Programas de Pós-graduação de Engenharia Programa de Engenharia BiomédicaRio de Janeiro RJ ,Brasil

关键词: Gamma oscillations;    Somatosensory response detection;    Tibial nerve;    Magnitude-squared coherence;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-879X2006001200011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The present study proposes to apply magnitude-squared coherence (MSC) to the somatosensory evoked potential for identifying the maximum driving response band. EEG signals, leads [Fpz'-Cz'] and [C3'-C4'], were collected from two groups of normal volunteers, stimulated at the rate of 4.91 (G1: 26 volunteers) and 5.13 Hz (G2: 18 volunteers). About 1400 stimuli were applied to the right tibial nerve at the motor threshold level. After applying the anti-aliasing filter, the signals were digitized and then further low-pass filtered (200 Hz, 6th order Butterworth and zero-phase). Based on the rejection of the null hypothesis of response absence (MSC(f) > 0.0060 with 500 epochs and the level of significance set at a = 0.05), the beta and gamma bands, 15-66 Hz, were identified as the maximum driving response band. Taking both leads together ("logical-OR detector", with a false-alarm rate of a = 0.05, and hence a = 0.0253 for each derivation), the detection exceeded 70% for all multiples of the stimulation frequency within this range. Similar performance was achieved for MSC of both leads but at 15, 25, 35, and 40 Hz. Moreover, the response was detected in [C3'-C4'] at 35.9 Hz and in [Fpz'-Cz'] at 46.2 Hz for all members of G2. Using the "logical-OR detector" procedure, the response was detected at the 7th multiple of the stimulation frequency for the series as a whole (considering both groups). Based on these findings, the MSC technique may be used for monitoring purposes.

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