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ECoG
Electrocorticography (ECoG)

The goal here is to determine the biophysical basis of auditory and somatosensory cortical activation and connectivity as assayed by modern functional brain imaging methods such as ESI and DTI. In ongoing experiments in patients, with brain tumors or intractable epilepsy, and in animals, we record magnetoencephalography (MEG), electroencephalography (EEG), electrocorticography (ECoG), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) data. In animals, we can also record local field potentials and action-potentials from microelectrode arrays and measure neuroanatomical tracer uptakes. Linking such data obtained in the same subjects in response to the same stimuli across these recording methods enables comparisons of imaging across multiple scales and modalities. Current projects include studies of representations of somatosensory and auditory stimuli (in monkeys and cats) and of speech, language and memory responses in humans.