Applying the string method to extract bursting information from microelectrode recordings in subthalamic nucleus and substantia nigra

  • Pei Kuang Chao*
  • , Hsiao Lung Chan
  • , Tony Wu
  • , Ming An Lin
  • , Shih Tseng Lee
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper proposes that bursting characteristics can be effective parameters in classifying and identifying neural activities from subthalamic nucleus (STN) and substantia nigra (SNr). The string method was performed to quantify bursting patterns in microelectrode recordings into indexes. Inter-spike-interval (ISI) was used as one of the independent variables to examine effectiveness and consistency of the method. The results show consistent findings about bursting patterns in STN and SNr data across all ISI constraints. Neurons in STN tend to release a larger number of bursts with fewer spikes in the bursts. Neurons in SNr produce a smaller number of bursts with more spikes in the bursts. According to our statistical evaluation, 50 and 80 ms are suggested as the optimal ISI constraint to classify STN and SNr's bursting patterns by the string method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNeural Information Processing - 14th International Conference, ICONIP 2007, Revised Selected Papers
Pages48-53
Number of pages6
EditionPART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event14th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2007 - Kitakyushu, Japan
Duration: 13 11 200716 11 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 1
Volume4984 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2007
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKitakyushu
Period13/11/0716/11/07

Keywords

  • Burst
  • Inter-spike-interval
  • Microelectrode
  • Substantia nigra
  • Subthalamic nucleus

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