Chronic ambulatory electrocorticography from human speech cortex.

ABSTRACT: Direct intracranial recording of human brain activity is an important approach for deciphering neural mechanisms of cognition. Such recordings, usually made in patients with epilepsy undergoing inpatient monitoring for seizure localization, are limited in duration and depend on patients' tolerance for the challenges associated with recovering from brain surgery. Thus, typical intracranial recordings, similar to most non-invasive approaches in humans, provide snapshots of brain activity in acute, highly constrained settings, limiting opportunities to understand long timescale and natural, real-world phenomena. A new device for treating some forms of drug-resistant epilepsy, the NeuroPace RNS® System, includes a cranially-implanted neurostimulator and intracranial electrodes that continuousl

SUBMITTER: Rao VR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5482367 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature