Subcortical syntax: Reconsidering the neural dynamics of language

E Murphy, K Hoshi, A Benítez-Burraco - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2022 - Elsevier
Subcortical contributions to core linguistic computations pertaining to syntax-semantics
remain drastically under-studied. We critique the cortico-centric focus which has largely …

Clinical neuroscience and neurotechnology: An amazing symbiosis

A Cometa, A Falasconi, M Biasizzo, J Carpaneto… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
In the last decades, clinical neuroscience found a novel ally in neurotechnologies, devices
able to record and stimulate electrical activity in the nervous system. These technologies …

Distinct roles of dorsal and ventral subthalamic neurons in action selection and cancellation

CP Mosher, AN Mamelak, M Malekmohammadi… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
The subthalamic nucleus (STN) supports action selection by inhibiting all motor programs
except the desired one. Recent evidence suggests that STN can also cancel an already …

Decoding spoken English from intracortical electrode arrays in dorsal precentral gyrus

GH Wilson, SD Stavisky, FR Willett… - Journal of neural …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. To evaluate the potential of intracortical electrode array signals for brain-computer
interfaces (BCIs) to restore lost speech, we measured the performance of decoders trained …

Neural ensemble dynamics in dorsal motor cortex during speech in people with paralysis

SD Stavisky, FR Willett, GH Wilson, BA Murphy… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Speaking is a sensorimotor behavior whose neural basis is difficult to study with single
neuron resolution due to the scarcity of human intracortical measurements. We used …

Proceedings of the 10th annual deep brain stimulation think tank: Advances in cutting edge technologies, artificial intelligence, neuromodulation, neuroethics …

JK Wong, HS Mayberg, DD Wang… - Frontiers in Human …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The deep brain stimulation (DBS) Think Tank X was held on August 17–19, 2022 in Orlando
FL. The session organizers and moderators were all women with the theme women in …

[HTML][HTML] Intelligibility of speech in Parkinson's disease relies on anatomically segregated subthalamic beta oscillations

F Avantaggiato, AA Farokhniaee, A Bandini… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Speech impairment is commonly reported in Parkinson's disease and is not
consistently improved by available therapies–including deep brain stimulation of the …

Subthalamic nucleus and sensorimotor cortex activity during speech production

A Chrabaszcz, WJ Neumann, O Stretcu… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
The sensorimotor cortex is somatotopically organized to represent the vocal tract articulators
such as lips, tongue, larynx, and jaw. How speech and articulatory features are encoded at …

A 3D atlas of functional human brain energetic connectome based on neuropil distribution

Y Yu, A Akif, P Herman, M Cao, DL Rothman… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The human brain is energetically expensive, yet the key factors governing its heterogeneous
energy distributions across cortical regions to support its diversity of functions remain …

Differential Cognitive Effects of Unilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease

VA Del Bene, RC Martin, SA Brinkerhoff… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the cognitive effects of unilateral
directional versus ring subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) in patients …