Single-trial detection of human brain responses evoked by laser activation of Adelta-nociceptors using the wavelet transform of EEG epochs.

Mouraux, André;Plaghki, Léon
(2004) Neuroscience Letters — Vol. 361, n° 1-3, p. 241-244 (2004)

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The aim of this study was to identify EEG changes induced by Adelta-nociceptor activation in single trials. In a preliminary experiment, intense CO(2) laser stimuli were delivered to the hand dorsum of five volunteers. The average amplitude of EEG epochs was estimated in the time-frequency (TF) domain using the continuous Morlet wavelet transform (CMT). The result was used as a TF filter enhancing Adelta-nociceptor induced EEG responses. In a second experiment, eight other subjects were delivered laser stimuli with six intensities. The CMT of each EEG epoch was computed. After applying the TF filter, amplitudes within a predefined interval were summed. Whether this sum predicted the occurrence of Adelta-nociceptor activation was tested using the reaction-time to discriminate between Adelta- or C-fibre mediated detection. Results showed that this method accurately identified single-trial EEG responses to Adelta-nociceptor activation.
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Mouraux, A., & Plaghki, L. (2004). Single-trial detection of human brain responses evoked by laser activation of Adelta-nociceptors using the wavelet transform of EEG epochs. Neuroscience Letters, 361(1-3), 241-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2003.12.110 (Original work published 2004)