Feasibility and reproducibility of electroencephalography-based corticokinematic coherence

H Piitulainen, M Illman, V Jousmäki… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Corticokinematic coherence (CKC) is the phase coupling between limb kinematics and
cortical neurophysiological signals, reflecting cortical processing of proprioceptive afference …

[HTML][HTML] Proprioceptive response strength in the primary sensorimotor cortex is invariant to the range of finger movement

T Nurmi, M Hakonen, M Bourguignon, H Piitulainen - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Proprioception is the sense of body position and movement that relies on afference from the
proprioceptors in muscles and joints. Proprioceptive responses in the primary sensorimotor …

[HTML][HTML] Gratifying gizmos for research and clinical MEG

V Jousmäki - Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Experimental designs are of utmost importance in neuroimaging. Experimental repertoire
needs to be designed with the understanding of physiology, clinical feasibility, and …

[HTML][HTML] Neuro-cognitive effects of degraded visibility on illusory body ownership

GSP Pamplona, A Giussani, L Salzmann, P Staempfli… - NeuroImage, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on visuo-tactile stimulation, the rubber hand illusion induces a sense of ownership for
a dummy hand. Manipulating the visibility of the dummy hand during the stimulation …

[HTML][HTML] Stronger proprioceptive BOLD-responses in the somatosensory cortices reflect worse sensorimotor function in adolescents with and without cerebral palsy

T Nurmi, J Jaatela, J Vallinoja, H Mäenpää… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021 - Elsevier
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a motor disorder where the motor defects are partly due to impaired
proprioception. We studied cortical proprioceptive responses and sensorimotor performance …

Identification of proprioceptive thalamocortical tracts in children: comparison of fMRI, MEG, and manual seeding of probabilistic tractography

J Jaatela, DB Aydogan, T Nurmi, J Vallinoja… - Cerebral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Studying white matter connections with tractography is a promising approach to understand
the development of different brain processes, such as proprioception. An emerging method …

Applicability and tolerability of electrical stimulation applied to the upper and lower leg skin surface for cueing applications in Parkinson's disease

D Sweeney, LR Quinlan, P Browne, T Counihan… - Medical Engineering & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to possible sensory impairments in people with Parkinson's disease, several
methodological aspects of electrical stimulation as a potential cueing method remain to be …

Attention directed to proprioceptive stimulation alters its cortical processing in the primary sensorimotor cortex

H Piitulainen, T Nurmi… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Movement‐evoked fields to passive movements and corticokinematic coherence between
limb kinematics and magnetoencephalographic signals can both be used to quantify the …

Gating patterns to proprioceptive stimulation in various cortical areas: an MEG study in children and adults using spatial ICA

J Vallinoja, J Jaatela, T Nurmi, H Piitulainen - Cerebral Cortex, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Proprioceptive paired-stimulus paradigm was used for 30 children (10–17 years) and 21
adult (25–45 years) volunteers in magnetoencephalography (MEG). Their right index finger …

Pneumatic artificial muscle-based stimulator for passive functional magnetic resonance imaging sensorimotor mapping in patients with brain tumours

V Lolli, A Rovai, N Trotta, S Goldman, N Sadeghi… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Two concerns with respect to pre-operative task-based motor functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in patients with brain tumours are inadequate …