01925nas a2200265   4500008004100000245010300041210006900144260000800213300001100221490000600232520106300238653000801301653003001309653000901339653002501348653002501373100002001398700001901418700001801437700002401455700002601479700001901505700001901524856011601543       2016                        eng d00aDifferential roles of high gamma and local motor potentials for movement preparation and execution0 aDifferential roles of high gamma and local motor potentials for   cMay  a88-1020 v33 aDetermining a person’s intent, such as the planned direction of their movement, directly from their cortical activity could support important applications such as brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Continuing development of improved BCI systems requires a better understanding of how the brain prepares for and executes movements. To contribute to this understanding, we recorded surface cortical potentials (electrocorticographic signals; ECoG) in 11 human subjects performing a delayed center-out task to establish the differential role of high gamma activity (HGA) and the local motor potential (LMP) as a function of time and anatomical area during movement preparation and execution. High gamma modulations mostly confirm previous findings of sensorimotor cortex involvement, whereas modulations in LMPs are observed in prefrontal cortices. These modulations include directional information during movement planning as well as execution. Our results suggest that sampling signals from these widely distributed cortical areas improves decoding accuracy.10aBCI10abrain-computer interfaces10aECoG10aElectrocorticography10asensorimotor systems1 aGunduz, Aysegul1 aBrunner, Peter1 aSharma, Mohit1 aLeuthardt, Eric, C.1 aRitaccio, Anthony, L.1 aPesaran, Bijan1 aSchalk, Gerwin  uhttps://neurotechcenter.org/publications/2016/differential-roles-high-gamma-and-local-motor-potentials-movement02535nas a2200277   4500008004100000022001400041245009300055210006900148260001200217300000700229490000600236520172900242653002101971653002501992653001402017653001902031653002902050100002002079700001902099700001602118700001902134700001802153700001902171700001902190856004802209       2011                        eng d  a1662-516100aNeural Correlates of Covert Attention in Electrocorticographic (ECoG) Signals in Humans.0 aNeural Correlates of Covert Attention in Electrocorticographic E  c09/2011  a890 v53 a<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Attention is a cognitive selection mechanism that allocates the limited processing resources of the brain to the sensory streams most relevant to our immediate goals, thereby enhancing responsiveness and behavioral performance. The underlying neural mechanisms of orienting attention are distributed across a widespread cortical network. While aspects of this network have been extensively studied, details about the electrophysiological dynamics of this network are scarce. In this study, we investigated attentional networks using electrocorticographic (ECoG) recordings from the surface of the brain, which combine broad spatial coverage with high temporal resolution, in five human subjects. ECoG was recorded when subjects covertly attended to a spatial location and responded to contrast changes in the presence of distractors in a modified Posner cueing task. ECoG amplitudes in the alpha, beta, and gamma bands identified neural changes associated with covert attention and motor preparation/execution in the different stages of the task. The results show that attentional engagement was primarily associated with ECoG activity in the visual, prefrontal, premotor, and parietal cortices. Motor preparation/execution was associated with ECoG activity in premotor/sensorimotor cortices. In summary, our results illustrate rich and distributed cortical dynamics that are associated with orienting attention and the subsequent motor preparation and execution. These findings are largely consistent with and expand on primate studies using intracortical recordings and human functional neuroimaging studies.</span></p>10acovert attention10aElectrocorticography10aintention10amotor response10avisual-spatial attention1 aGunduz, Aysegul1 aBrunner, Peter1 aDaitch, Amy1 aLeuthardt, E C1 aRitaccio, A L1 aPesaran, Bijan1 aSchalk, Gerwin  uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046153