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Dataset of neurons and intracranial EEG from human amygdala during aversive dynamic visual stimulation

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  1. 1Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russian Federation
  2. 2Klinik für Neurochirurgie, UniversitätsSpital & Universität Zürich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
  3. 3Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation
  4. 4Schweizerisches Epilepsie-Zentrum, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
  5. 5Schweizerisches Epilepsie-Zentrum, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland Klinik für Neurologie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
  6. 6Schweizerisches Epilepsie-Zentrum, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland Klinik für Neurologie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland Neuroscience Center Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
  7. 7Klinik für Neurochirurgie, UniversitätsSpital & Universität Zürich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland Neuroscience Center Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland

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Description

We present an electrophysiological dataset collected from the amygdalae of nine subjects attending a visual dynamic stimulation of emotional aversive content. The subjects were patients affected by epilepsy who underwent preoperative invasive monitoring in the mesial temporal lobe. Subjects were presented with dynamic visual sequences of fearful faces (aversive condition), interleaved with sequences of neutral landscapes (neutral condition). The dataset contains the simultaneous recording of intracranial EEG (iEEG) and neuronal spike times and waveforms, and localization information for iEEG electrodes. Subject characteristics and trial information are provided. We technically validated this dataset and provide here the spike sorting quality metrics and the spectra of iEEG signals. This dataset allows the investigation of amygdalar response to dynamic aversive stimuli at multiple spatial scales, from the macroscopic EEG to the neuronal firing in the human brain.

Keywords

| Neuroscience | Electrophysiology | Human | Awake | Local field potential | Neuronal action potential | Spikes | Amygdala | Intracranial EEG | Cognitive task | Dynamic visual stimuli | Aversive stimuli | Epilepsy |

References

  • Fedele, T., Tzovara, A., Steiger, B., Hilfiker, P., Grunwald, T., Stieglitz, L., Jokeit, H., Sarnthein, J., 2020. The relation between neuronal firing, local field potentials and hemodynamic activity in the human amygdala in response to aversive dynamic visual stimuli. Neuroimage 213, 116705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116705
  • Fedele, T., Boran, E., Chirkov, V., Hilfiker, P., Grunwald, T., Stieglitz, L., Jokeit, H., Sarnthein, J., 2020. Dataset of neurons and intracranial EEG from human amygdala during aversive dynamic visual stimulation. OpenNeuro. https://doi.org/10.18112/openneuro.ds003374.v1.1.1

Funding

  • Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF 320030_156029
  • Mach-Gaensslen Stiftung
  • Stiftung für wissenschaftliche Forschung an der Universität Zürich
  • Forschungskredit der Universität Zürich
  • Russian Federation for Basic Research RFBR 20-015-00176 A

Citation

Fedele T, Boran E, Chirkov V, Hilfiker P, Grunwald T, Stieglitz L, Jokeit H, Sarnthein J (2020) Dataset of neurons and intracranial EEG from human amygdala during aversive dynamic visual stimulation. G-Node. https://doi.org/10.12751/g-node.270z59