4.7 Article

Integrated analysis of anatomical and electrophysiological human intracranial data

Journal

NATURE PROTOCOLS
Volume 13, Issue 7, Pages 1699-1723

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41596-018-0009-6

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Funding

  1. NWO [446-14-007]
  2. European Union [658868]
  3. NIMH [R01 MH095984-03S1]
  4. VIDI from NWO [864-14-011]
  5. NINDS [R37 NS21135]
  6. Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks from the European Union [641652]
  7. Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [658868] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)

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Human intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) recordings provide data with much greater spatiotemporal precision than is possible from data obtained using scalp EEG, magnetoencephalography (MEG), or functional MRI. Until recently, the fusion of anatomical data (MRI and computed tomography (CT) images) with electrophysiological data and their subsequent analysis have required the use of technologically and conceptually challenging combinations of software. Here, we describe a comprehensive protocol that enables complex raw human iEEG data to be converted into more readily comprehensible illustrative representations. The protocol uses an open-source toolbox for electrophysiological data analysis (FieldTrip). This allows iEEG researchers to build on a continuously growing body of scriptable and reproducible analysis methods that, over the past decade, have been developed and used by a large research community. In this protocol, we describe how to analyze complex iEEG datasets by providing an intuitive and rapid approach that can handle both neuroanatomical information and large electrophysiological datasets. We provide a worked example using an example dataset. We also explain how to automate the protocol and adjust the settings to enable analysis of iEEG datasets with other characteristics. The protocol can be implemented by a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow with minimal MATLAB experience and takes approximately an hour to execute, excluding the automated cortical surface extraction.

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