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ArticleNature communications2025

Bridging circuit modeling and signal analysis to understand the risk of crosstalk contamination in brain recordings.

Maria F Porto Cruz, Elena Zucchini, Maria Vomero, Aldo Pastore, Ioana G Vasilaș, Emanuela Delfino, Michele Di Lauro, Maria Asplund, Luciano Fadiga, Thomas Stieglitz

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Maria F Porto CruzLaboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110, Freiburg, Germany. mfportocruz@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-6970-6967
Elena ZucchiniDepartment of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6535-8394
Maria VomeroLaboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3721-0904
Aldo PastoreDepartment of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-3037-0474
Ioana G VasilașLaboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1325-9551
Emanuela DelfinoDepartment of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6484-9287
Michele Di LauroCenter for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Fossato di Mortara 19, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7072-9468
Maria AsplundBrainLinks-BrainTools Center, University of Freiburg, 79110, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8779-7478
Luciano FadigaDepartment of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5691-5080
Thomas StieglitzLaboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110, Freiburg, Germany. thomas.stieglitz@imtek.uni-freiburg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7349-4254

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) EXC 1086
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advancements in the field of implantable neurotechnologies have enabled the integration of hundreds of microelectrodes on ultra-thin and flexible substrates. Besides implantable components, also connectors, headstages and cables have to comply with the high-count demand, resulting in a complex and compact chain with reduced line spacing and smaller safety margins. Here, we show that epicortical recordings acquired from anesthetized rat brains with a state-of-art neural acquisition system are undoubtedly compromised by crosstalk, with signal coherence maps exhibiting a strong dependency to the routing layout. A crosstalk back-correction algorithm is developed, allowing to infer on how signals would look like under a zero-crosstalk scenario. We found that signal coherence between closely routed channels effectively drops after correction, corroborating crosstalk contamination. Our work stresses the importance of validating recorded data against the routing layout as a crucial step of data quality control, helping to come closer to ground truth data.

Indexed as

BrainSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedAlgorithmsAnimalsElectrodes, ImplantedMaleMicroelectrodesModels, NeurologicalRats

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PMID40399305
PMCPMC12095702

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