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A data resource from concurrent intracranial stimulation and functional MRI of the human brain
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A data resource from concurrent intracranial stimulation and functional MRI of the human brain

W H Thompson, R Nair, H Oya, O Esteban, J M Shine, C I Petkov, R A Poldrack, M Howard and R Adolphs
Scientific data, Vol.7(1), pp.258-258
08/05/2020
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-00595-y
PMCID: PMC7406507
PMID: 32759965
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00595-yView
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Abstract

Mapping the causal effects of one brain region on another is a challenging problem in neuroscience that we approached through invasive direct manipulation of brain function together with concurrent whole-brain measurement of the effects produced. Here we establish a unique resource and present data from 26 human patients who underwent electrical stimulation during functional magnetic resonance imaging (es-fMRI). The patients had medically refractory epilepsy requiring surgically implanted intracranial electrodes in cortical and subcortical locations. One or multiple contacts on these electrodes were stimulated while simultaneously recording BOLD-fMRI activity in a block design. Multiple runs exist for patients with different stimulation sites. We describe the resource, data collection process, preprocessing using the fMRIPrep analysis pipeline and management of artifacts, and provide end-user analyses to visualize distal brain activation produced by site-specific electrical stimulation. The data are organized according to the brain imaging data structure (BIDS) specification, and are available for analysis or future dataset contributions on openneuro.org including both raw and preprocessed data.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Brain - diagnostic imaging Electric Stimulation Humans Brain Mapping Drug Resistant Epilepsy - diagnostic imaging Electrodes, Implanted

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