Title
Modeling heart beat dynamics and fMRI signals during carotid stimulation by neck suction.
Abstract
Central autonomic control on the cardiovascular system has been widely investigated in the last decades. More recently, with the advent of brain imaging techniques, considerable effort is being spent on defining the role of specific brain areas, and their dynamic network, acting on autonomic efferents. A way to assess autonomic modulation is offered by carotid stimulation. In this work, we propose a methodology to investigate autonomic control in carotid stimulation experiments using heartbeat series in combination with fMRI imaging. We modeled cardiovascular signals using the point process model, and processed fMRI data in order to estimate independent components of correlated information. Using cross-correlation and surrogate analysis, we assessed the responsiveness of subjects to neck suction stimuli and identified stimulus-related fMRI independent components.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6945152
EMBC
Keywords
Field
DocType
brain imaging,processed fmri data,autonomic modulation,fmri signals,neurophysiology,fmri imaging,heartbeat series,neck suction stimuli,heart beat dynamics,cardiovascular signals,stimulus-related fmri independent components,cardiovascular system,dynamic network,biomedical mri,cross-correlation analysis,point process model,brain,specific brain areas,central autonomic control,carotid stimulation
Neuroscience,Heart beat,Psychology,Suction,EEG-fMRI,Stimulation
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2014
1557-170X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Matteo Mancini100.34
Giovanni Calcagnini200.34
eugenio mattei331.65
Federica Censi400.34
Marco Bozzali5808.03
Riccardo Barbieri65913.95