Attending IEEE Conference on Neural Engineering (NER) and Annual Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Meeting in San Diego

Many of the lab are about to make our way down to San Diego for back-to-back meetings for the neural engineering community. First we have IEEE NER kicking off this week on Tuesday, where you can check out the following papers:

  • R. Bechtold, K. Mansourian, H. Bentley, S. Sheth, W. Goodman, N. Provenza, J. Herron, “Designing a Data Collection Infrastructure: Challenges and Solutions in Recording-enabled DBS Research for Psychiatric Disorders” presenting Wednesday 11/12
  • C. Paschall, E. Tanumihardja, J. Hauptman, J. Ojemann, R. Rao, J. Herron “From Gaze to Touch: An Intracranial sEEG Bidirectional BCI for Avatar Control and Neuro-Haptic Feedback in Virtual Reality” presenting Wednesday 11/12
  • P. Akella, A. Abay, K. Wilkins, M. Petrucci, G. Burnett, J. Herron, H. Bronte-Stewart, “Developing a Distributed Kinematic and Neural Deep Brain Stimulation Hybrid Controller for Parkinson’s Disease” presenting Wednesday 11/12
  • R. Hanish, T. Kutcher, T. Fraczek, R. Bechtold, J. Zhou, S. Chamarthi, G. Reyes, M. Libowitz, B. Shofty, B. Mickey, B. Kious, W. Goodman, A. Patel, S. Sheth, J. Herron, N. Provenza, “Artifact Identification and Mitigation Strategies for Longitudinal Neural Data Collection Onboard the Medtronic Percept DBS Device” presented Wednesday 11/12
  • K. Mansourian, T. Fraczek, T. Kutcher, J. Bentley, T. Hamre, S. Soubra, T. Merk, R. Bechtold, W. Goodman, J. Herron, S. Sheth, N. Provenza, “An Open-Source Solution for Prolonged Neural Streaming from Bidirectional Deep Brain Stimulation Devices” presenting Wednesday 11/12
  • E. Tanumihardja, S. Lowe-Hines, C. Paschall, R. Bechtold, K. Weaver, J. Hauptman, J. Ojemann, R. Rao, J. Herron, “The Rubber Hand Illusion in Virtual Reality: Rendering Real-world Collisions for Real-time Embodiment” presenting Friday 11/14

We also had the following late-breaking abstracts accepted to IEEE NER:

  • T. Kutcher, T. Fraczek, Y. Zhou, K. Mansourian, R. Bechtold, S. Chamarthi, A. Sano, W. Goodman, S. Sheth, J. Herron, N. Provenza, “Automated Sleep-Deviation-Triggered Ecological Momentary Assessments for Contextualizing Real-World Neural and Behavioral Data in OCD DBS” presented Wednesday 11/12
  • R. Hanish, T. Kutcher, T. Fraczek, R. Bechtold, J. Zhou, S. Chamarthi, G. Reyes, M. Libowitz, B. Shofty, B. Mickey, B. Kious, W. Goodman, A. Patel, S. Sheth, J. Herron, N. Provenza, “Artifact identification and mitigation strategies for longitudinal neural data collection onboard the Medtronic Percept DBS device” presented Wednesday 11/12
  • T. Fraczek, L. Diaz, N. Guittari, R. Hanish, T. Merk, N. Tregoning, S. Hider, W. Goodman, S. Sheth, H. Yi, B. Wester, J. Herron, E. Johnson, N. Provenza, “NDX-Wearables: An NWB Extension for Clinical Neuroscience” presenting Wednesday 11/12
  • J. Zhou, V. Allam, R. Hanish, A. Allam, S. Reddy, R. Bechtold, J. Herron, W. Goodman, S. Sheth, N. Provenza “A GUI Application to Evaluate Neural Variability from Medtronic Percept DBS Recordings” presenting Thursday 11/13
  • Y. Zhou, R. Bechtold, K. Shah, K. Kabotyanski, P. Steffan, T. Merk, J. Herron, R. Cotton, B. Hayden, S. Sheth, T. Frączek, N. Provenza, “Continuous Video Recording and Synchronization for Multimodal Human Neurobehavioral Experiments” presenting Friday 11/14

Following NER is the annual SFN meeting! Come see our work at the following posters:

Nov. 16, 2025, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
PSTR094.03 – Neurotest: an open-source tool for characterizing and assessing electrophysiology equipment
*J. MORROW1, H. CHO3, Y. TIWARI2, T. DENISON5, J. A. HERRON4, A. S. WIDGE2;
2Psychiatry, 1Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; 4Dept. of Neurolog. Surgery, 3Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; 5Oxford Univ., Oxford, United Kingdom
Nov. 18, 2025, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
PSTR311.18 – Demonstration of neural plasticity effects of neuromodulation with beta phase-specific stimulation via the Cortec Brain Interchange
*H. CHO1, B. L. GRANNAN5, A. L. KO2, S. C. CRAMER6, J. G. OJEMANN3, J. A. HERRON4;
1Electrical and Computer Engin., 2Neurolog. Surgery, 3Dept Neurosurg., 4Dept. of Neurolog. Surgery, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; 5Neurolog. Surgery, Univ. of Washington Sch. Of Med., Seattle, WA; 6Neurol., Univ. of California Los Angeles, LA, CA
Nov. 18, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PSTR344.12 – Identifying the optimal prestimulus phase from ongoing oscillations for effective intracranial stimulation of primary motor cortex
S. D’SOUZA1, A. KO2, J. A. HERRON3, J. OJEMANN1, B. L. GRANNAN6, V. MARTINEZ4, J. T. MILES7, *K. E. WEAVER5;
2Neurolog. Surgery, 3Dept. of Neurolog. Surgery, 1Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; 4Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, ; 5Radiology, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; 6Neurolog. Surgery, Univ. of Washington Sch. Of Med., Seattle, WA; 7Seattle Children’s Res. Inst., Seattle, WA.
Nov. 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PSTR456.16 – Recording local field potentials from DBS implants with sensing capability during behavioral experiments: common artefacts and signal processing solutions
*H. WANG1, J. A. HERRON2, G. CLER1, A. KO2, L. MAX1;
1Dept. of Speech and Hearing Sci., 2Dept. of Neurolog. Surgery, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
Nov. 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PSTR465.05 – Approach-avoidance Behavior Modulates Ventral Striatum Theta-Alpha Power in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
*R. A. BECHTOLD1, M. OCHOA3, J. R. ALTMAN3, K. MANSOURIAN3, S. SOUBRA3, T. HAMRE3, T. MERK3, H. P. COWLEY5, R. BOSE5, H. YI5, E. STORCH4, W. K. GOODMAN4, S. A. SHETH3, N. R. PROVENZA3, J. A. HERRON2;
1Bioengineering, 2Dept. of Neurolog. Surgery, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; 3Dept. of Neurosurg., 4Menninger Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sci., Baylor Col. of Med., Houston, TX; 5Res. and Exploratory Develop., The Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., Laurel, MD
Nov. 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PSTR465.06 – Increased neural variability in the ventral striatum predicts response after deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder
*J. ZHOU1, R. R. HANISH2, A. ALLAM3, R. A. BECHTOLD6, K. MANSOURIAN3, H. BENTLEY3, S. SOUBRA3, T. HAMRE3, K. A. KATLOWITZ3, B. J. MICKEY8, B. KIOUS9, B. SHOFTY10, B. Y. HAYDEN3, E. STORCH4, W. GOODMAN4, J. A. HERRON7, S. A. SHETH3, A. PATEL5, N. R. PROVENZA3;
1Bioengineering, 2Electrical and Computer Engin., Rice Univ., Houston, TX; 3Neurosurg., 4Psychiatry and Behavioral Sci., 5Neurosci., Baylor Col. of Med., Houston, TX; 6Bioengineering, 7Neurolog. Surgery, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; 8Psychiatry, Univ. of Utah Sch. of Med., Salt Lake City, UT; 9Psychiatry, 10Neurosurg., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PSTR465.08 – Real-world data-driven biomarker discovery in psychiatric deep brain stimulation
*T. P. KUTCHER1, T. FRACZEK2, Y. ZHOU2, K. MANSOURIAN2, R. A. BECHTOLD6, S. CHAMARTHI3, W. K. GOODMAN4, S. A. SHETH5, J. A. HERRON7, N. R. PROVENZA5,1;
1Rice Univ., Houston, TX; 2Baylor Col. of Med., Houston, TX; 3Dept. of Neurosurg., Baylor Col. of Med., Sugar Land, TX; 4Psychiatry, 5Neurosurg., Baylor Col. of Med., Houston, TX; 6Bioengineering, 7Dept. of Neurolog. Surgery, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
Nov. 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PSTR465.09 – Artifact identification and mitigation strategies for longitudinal neural data collection onboard the Medtronic Percept DBS device
*R. HANISH1,2,4, T. P. KUTCHER1,2,4, T. M. FRACZEK4, R. A. BECHTOLD7, J. ZHOU3,2,4, S. CHAMARTHI4, G. REYES4, M. LIBOWITZ9, B. SHOFTY9, B. J. MICKEY10, B. M. KIOUS10, W. K. GOODMAN5, A. B. PATEL6,1,2, S. A. SHETH4,1,2,5,6, J. A. HERRON8, N. R. PROVENZA4,1,3,2;
1Electrical and Computer Engin., 2Neuroengineering Initiative, 3Bioengineering, Rice Univ., Houston, TX; 4Neurosurg., 5Menninger Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sci., 6Neurosci., Baylor Col. of Med., Houston, TX; 7Bioengineering, 8Neurolog. Surgery, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; 9Neurosurg., 10Psychiatry, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PSTR465.10 – Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder leads to Improved Performance on the Multi-Source Interference Task and Changes in Neural Activity
V. E. GOBO1, M. OCHOA5, S. RAJESH2, N. DIAB2, A. D. GANDHI2, E. M. DASTIN-VAN RIJN9, M. AVENDANO-ORTEGA3,6, G. P. BANKS4, B. SHOFTY10, J. A. HERRON11, B. Y. HAYDEN12,2,6, E. A. STORCH3, W. K. GOODMAN3,6, S. A. SHETH2,6,7,8, *N. R. PROVENZA1,6,7,8;
2Neurosurg., 3Menninger Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sci., 4Dept. of Neurosurg., 1Baylor Col. of Med., Houston, TX; 6Electrical and Computer Engin., 7Bioengineering, 8Neuroengineering Initiative, 5Rice Univ., Houston, TX; 9Biomed. Engin., Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN; 10Neurosurg., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 11Dept. of Neurolog. Surgery, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; 12Univ. of Minnesota Twin Cities, Saint Paul, MN
Nov. 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PSTR465.12 – Demonstration of a clinical monitoring platform for neuro-modulation studies
*T. M. FRACZEK1, Y. ZHOU1, R. HANISH3, J. ZHOU4, T. P. KUTCHER3, T. MERK2, L. DIAZ5, N. GUITTARI6, N. E. TREGONING6, R. T. HIDER, Jr.9, H. YI10, E. C. JOHNSON7, B. A. WESTER8, W. K. GOODMAN11, S. A. SHETH1, J. A. HERRON12, N. R. PROVENZA1;
1Neurosurg., Baylor Col. of Med., Houston, TX; 2Baylor Col. of Med., HOUSTON, TX; 4Dept. of Bioengineering, 3Rice Univ., Houston, TX; 5The Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., Laurel, MD; 6Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., Laurel, MD; 7Res. and Exploratory Develop. Dept., Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., Columbia, MD; 8Res. and Exploratory Develop., Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., Laurel, MD; 9Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Laborator, Laurel, MD; 10JHU Applied Physics Lab., Fulton, MD; 11Psychiatry, NIMH, Bethesda, MD; 12Dept. of Neurolog. Surgery, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting!

“High Beta Power in the Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex Indexes Human Approach Behavior: A Case Study” published in Journal of Neuroscience

A new manuscript has been published in the Journal of Neuroscience describing new results in characterizing neural markers of psychological behavior. The work, performed in collaboration with the research group of Dr. Provenza, Dr. Goodman, and Dr. Sheth of Baylor of College of Medicine focuses on approach behavior, an aspect of behavior acutely impacted by deep brain stimulation to treat OCD disorder. Read more in the Journal of Neuroscience.

First implantation of the CorTec Brain Interchange in NIH-funded study to enhance post-stroke rehabilitation

Last week we had our first surgical case implanting the CorTec Brain Interchange in a patient participating in our ongoing work to enhance post-stroke rehabilitation using cortical stimulation! ECE PhD student Hanbin Cho and I attended the surgery to collect research data from the Brain Interchange along with members of the CorTec team who were present to provide potential technical support during the case.

Data was collected during the case to confirm functionality of the implanted device.
The surgical, research, and industrial teams who participated in the case.

This first surgery case is a major milestone in our NIH-funded work to investigate new therapies to enhance stroke rehabilitation. It takes a team to pull together a project like this, but most of all it takes a courageous patient who is determined to help us pilot new therapies by participating in investigational research like this – a big thank you to our patient! You can read up more on the case in news postings made by both the University of Washington and CorTec.

If you or someone you know may be interested in learning more about the study or participating, you can find more at the study website here.

Update 8/21/2025: Seattle NPR News KUOW ran a wonderful article on the first case available here.

New paper “Beta burst-driven adaptive deep brain stimulation for gait impairment and freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease” published in Brain Communications

New work examining the use of adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease-related gait problems has been published in Brain Communications! The work, which was performed over a period of several years while collaborating with Dr. Helen Bronte-Stewart’s lab at Stanford University, is available open access online here.

New work “Automated Monitoring and Clinical Notifications of Patient State for Neuropsychiatric Neuromodulation Studies” to be presented at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC)

A new collaborative paper written by team members at both UW and at Baylor College of Medicine will be presented at the upcoming 47th Annual EMBC in Copenhagen, Denmark this July 14th-17th! The paper, drafted by authors which include lab alumni Tomasz Fraczek and current lab member Raphael Bechtold, details our ongoing efforts to build new monitoring systems for DBS study participants who suffer from neuropsychiatric disorders, critical for ensuring patient safety during clinical trials of new implanted devices. If you’re attending, make sure to swing by Tomasz’s presentation at the conference!