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ArticleNeuroscience research2025

A data augmentation procedure to improve detection of spike ripples in brain voltage recordings.

Emily D Schlafly, Daniel Carbonero, Catherine J Chu, Mark A Kramer

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Article in Neuroscience research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Neurodatascience: Past, Present, and Future.Data science in science · 2026
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  3. Networks through the lens of high-frequency oscillations.Frontiers in network physiology · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Emily D SchlaflyDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: eds2@bu.edu.
Daniel CarboneroDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: dcarbo@bu.edu.
Catherine J ChuDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: cjchu@mgh.harvard.edu.
Mark A KramerDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA; Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: mak@bu.edu.

Funding

Translational Research in BiomaterialsT32EB006359 · NIBIB · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI MARK W. GRINSTAFF, Michelle H Teplensky · 2009 to 2026
$4.2M
Targeting Pathologic Spike-Ripples to Isolate and Disrupt Epileptic DynamicsR01NS119483 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CHU, CATHERINE J, EDEN, URI TZVI · 2021 to 2025
$3.4M
Neuroscience Resident Research ProgramUE5NS065743 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SYDNEY S CASH, Ziv Williams · 2024 to 2026
$2.6M
Understanding the Fast and Slow Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Human SeizuresR01NS110669 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI CASH, SYDNEY S, EDEN, URI TZVI · 2019 to 2023
$2.3M
Graduate Training at the Interface of Neuroscience, Optical Engineering and Data ScienceT32NS136080 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI David A Boas, Jerry L Chen · 2024 to 2026
$661k
Machine Learning for Analyzing State Dependent Neuronal Network DynamicsF31MH133306 · NIMH · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI CARBONERO, DANIEL DAVID · 2023 to 2024
$81k
NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB006359NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH133306NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS110669NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS119483NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS136080NINDS NIH HHS UE5 NS065743
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is a major neurological disorder characterized by recurrent, spontaneous seizures. For patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, treatments include neurostimulation or surgical removal of the epileptogenic zone (EZ), the brain region responsible for seizure generation. Precise targeting of the EZ requires reliable biomarkers. Spike ripples - high-frequency oscillations that co-occur with large amplitude epileptic discharges - have gained prominence as a candidate biomarker. However, spike ripple detection remains a challenge. The gold-standard approach requires an expert manually visualize and interpret brain voltage recordings, which limits reproducibility and high-throughput analysis. Addressing these limitations requires more objective, efficient, and automated methods for spike ripple detection, including approaches that utilize deep neural networks. Despite advancements, dataset heterogeneity and scarcity severely limit machine learning performance. Our study explores long-short term memory (LSTM) neural network architectures for spike ripple detection, leveraging data augmentation to improve classifier performance. We highlight the potential of combining training on augmented and in vivo data for enhanced spike ripple detection and ultimately improving diagnostic accuracy in epilepsy treatment.

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BrainElectroencephalographyEpilepsyNeural Networks, ComputerDrug Resistant EpilepsyHumansDeep LearningDetectionLong Short-Term Memory ModelsNeural NetworksSeizuresSharp Wave Ripples

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PMID39102943
PMCPMC11788445

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