Neuronal Patterns in the Cavity Wall of Lesions during Gait Cycle in a Rat Model of Brain Lesion Cavities

Ioana Nica, Marjolijn Deprez, Frederik Ceyssens, Kris van Kuyck, Robert Puers, Bart Nuttin, Jean-Marie Aerts

2015

Abstract

Oscillatory neural activity was reported to have various physiological roles in information processing of brain functions. It is now established that extracellular activity in the motor cortex encodes aspects of movement, involving planning and motor control. Oscillatory patterns have also been hypothesized to play a role in brain recovery and functional remapping. In this study, we measured neural activity from within the cavity wall of a motor cortex lesion, in a rat model, while the animals performed a skilled walking task. We aim at providing a possible framework of analysis, focused on revealing oscillatory patterns in the cavity wall and their correlation with motor deficits, by using a combination of spectral features, involving power spectra and coherence estimates in the beta and gamma frequency bands.

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Nica I., Deprez M., Ceyssens F., van Kuyck K., Puers R., Nuttin B. and Aerts J. (2015). Neuronal Patterns in the Cavity Wall of Lesions during Gait Cycle in a Rat Model of Brain Lesion Cavities . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-069-7, pages 289-294. DOI: 10.5220/0005275802890294


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@conference{biosignals15,
author={Ioana Nica and Marjolijn Deprez and Frederik Ceyssens and Kris van Kuyck and Robert Puers and Bart Nuttin and Jean-Marie Aerts},
title={Neuronal Patterns in the Cavity Wall of Lesions during Gait Cycle in a Rat Model of Brain Lesion Cavities},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={289-294},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005275802890294},
isbn={978-989-758-069-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2015)
TI - Neuronal Patterns in the Cavity Wall of Lesions during Gait Cycle in a Rat Model of Brain Lesion Cavities
SN - 978-989-758-069-7
AU - Nica I.
AU - Deprez M.
AU - Ceyssens F.
AU - van Kuyck K.
AU - Puers R.
AU - Nuttin B.
AU - Aerts J.
PY - 2015
SP - 289
EP - 294
DO - 10.5220/0005275802890294