@inproceedings{f87d39ea709a4e0db576f75ad9e46c28,
title = "Electrocorticographic Activity of the Brain during Micturition",
abstract = "Current therapies for neurogenic bladder do not allow spinal cord injury patients to regain conscious control of urine storage or voiding. Novel neural technologies may provide means to improve or restore the connection between the brain and the bladder; however, the specific brain areas and their underlying neural activities responsible for micturition must be better understood in order to design such technologies. In this retrospective study, we analyzed electrocorticographic (ECoG) data obtained from epilepsy patients who underwent ECoG grid implantation for epilepsy surgery evaluation, in the hopes of determining specific electrophysiological activity associated with micturition. Our results indicate modulation of the delta (δ, 0.1-4 Hz) and low-gamma (γ, 25-50 Hz) activity in the peri-Sylvian area and the inferior temporal lobe. These findings suggest involvement of the insular cortex and the uncinate fasciculus in micturition, important structures related to sensation and decision making. To date, this is the first known study utilizing ECoG data to elucidate the electrophysiological activity of the brain associated with bladder control and sensation.",
keywords = "electrocorticogram, Neural technologies, neurogenic bladder, neuromodulation, neurophysiology",
author = "Tracie Tran and Wang, \{Po T.\} and Brian Lee and Liu, \{Charles Y.\} and Kreydin, \{Evgeniy I.\} and Zoran Nenadic and Do, \{An H.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 IEEE.; 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2018 ; Conference date: 18-07-2018 Through 21-07-2018",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1109/EMBC.2018.8513047",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "3622--3625",
booktitle = "40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2018",
address = "United States",
}