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ArticlePloS one2022

The Portiloop: A deep learning-based open science tool for closed-loop brain stimulation.

Nicolas Valenchon, Yann Bouteiller, Hugo R Jourde, Xavier L'Heureux, Milo Sobral, Emily B J Coffey, Giovanni Beltrame

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicolas ValenchonMISTLab-Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4439-3398
Yann BouteillerMISTLab-Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1390-6392
Hugo R JourdeCL:ASP, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Xavier L'HeureuxMISTLab-Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5919-5397
Milo SobralMISTLab-Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7213-5970
Emily B J CoffeyCL:ASP, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Giovanni BeltrameMISTLab-Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Polytechnique Montréal · CAConcordia University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Closed-loop brain stimulation refers to capturing neurophysiological measures such as electroencephalography (EEG), quickly identifying neural events of interest, and producing auditory, magnetic or electrical stimulation so as to interact with brain processes precisely. It is a promising new method for fundamental neuroscience and perhaps for clinical applications such as restoring degraded memory function; however, existing tools are expensive, cumbersome, and offer limited experimental flexibility. In this article, we propose the Portiloop, a deep learning-based, portable and low-cost closed-loop stimulation system able to target specific brain oscillations. We first document open-hardware implementations that can be constructed from commercially available components. We also provide a fast, lightweight neural network model and an exploration algorithm that automatically optimizes the model hyperparameters to the desired brain oscillation. Finally, we validate the technology on a challenging test case of real-time sleep spindle detection, with results comparable to off-line expert performance on the Massive Online Data Annotation spindle dataset (MODA; group consensus). Software and plans are available to the community as an open science initiative to encourage further development and advance closed-loop neuroscience research [https://github.com/Portiloop].

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Deep Brain StimulationDeep LearningBrainElectric StimulationElectroencephalographyMemory

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PMID35994482
PMCPMC9394839
OpenAlexW3183749896

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