Harmoni: A method for eliminating spurious interactions due to the harmonic components in neuronal data
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Harmoni: A method for eliminating spurious interactions due to the harmonic components in neuronal data. / Idaji, Mina Jamshidi; Zhang, Juanli; Stephani, Tilman; Nolte, Guido; Müller, Klaus-Robert; Villringer, Arno; Nikulin, Vadim V.
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T1 - Harmoni: A method for eliminating spurious interactions due to the harmonic components in neuronal data
AU - Idaji, Mina Jamshidi
AU - Zhang, Juanli
AU - Stephani, Tilman
AU - Nolte, Guido
AU - Müller, Klaus-Robert
AU - Villringer, Arno
AU - Nikulin, Vadim V
N1 - Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/5/15
Y1 - 2022/5/15
N2 - Cross-frequency synchronization (CFS) has been proposed as a mechanism for integrating spatially and spectrally distributed information in the brain. However, investigating CFS in Magneto- and Electroencephalography (MEG/EEG) is hampered by the presence of spurious neuronal interactions due to the non-sinusoidal waveshape of brain oscillations. Such waveshape gives rise to the presence of oscillatory harmonics mimicking genuine neuronal oscillations. Until recently, however, there has been no methodology for removing these harmonics from neuronal data. In order to address this long-standing challenge, we introduce a novel method (called HARMOnic miNImization - Harmoni) that removes the signal components which can be harmonics of a non-sinusoidal signal. Harmoni's working principle is based on the presence of CFS between harmonic components and the fundamental component of a non-sinusoidal signal. We extensively tested Harmoni in realistic EEG simulations. The simulated couplings between the source signals represented genuine and spurious CFS and within-frequency phase synchronization. Using diverse evaluation criteria, including ROC analyses, we showed that the within- and cross-frequency spurious interactions are suppressed significantly, while the genuine activities are not affected. Additionally, we applied Harmoni to real resting-state EEG data revealing intricate remote connectivity patterns which are usually masked by the spurious connections. Given the ubiquity of non-sinusoidal neuronal oscillations in electrophysiological recordings, Harmoni is expected to facilitate novel insights into genuine neuronal interactions in various research fields, and can also serve as a steppingstone towards the development of further signal processing methods aiming at refining within- and cross-frequency synchronization in electrophysiological recordings.
AB - Cross-frequency synchronization (CFS) has been proposed as a mechanism for integrating spatially and spectrally distributed information in the brain. However, investigating CFS in Magneto- and Electroencephalography (MEG/EEG) is hampered by the presence of spurious neuronal interactions due to the non-sinusoidal waveshape of brain oscillations. Such waveshape gives rise to the presence of oscillatory harmonics mimicking genuine neuronal oscillations. Until recently, however, there has been no methodology for removing these harmonics from neuronal data. In order to address this long-standing challenge, we introduce a novel method (called HARMOnic miNImization - Harmoni) that removes the signal components which can be harmonics of a non-sinusoidal signal. Harmoni's working principle is based on the presence of CFS between harmonic components and the fundamental component of a non-sinusoidal signal. We extensively tested Harmoni in realistic EEG simulations. The simulated couplings between the source signals represented genuine and spurious CFS and within-frequency phase synchronization. Using diverse evaluation criteria, including ROC analyses, we showed that the within- and cross-frequency spurious interactions are suppressed significantly, while the genuine activities are not affected. Additionally, we applied Harmoni to real resting-state EEG data revealing intricate remote connectivity patterns which are usually masked by the spurious connections. Given the ubiquity of non-sinusoidal neuronal oscillations in electrophysiological recordings, Harmoni is expected to facilitate novel insights into genuine neuronal interactions in various research fields, and can also serve as a steppingstone towards the development of further signal processing methods aiming at refining within- and cross-frequency synchronization in electrophysiological recordings.
KW - Brain/physiology
KW - Electroencephalography/methods
KW - Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic
KW - Humans
KW - Magnetoencephalography/methods
KW - Neurons/physiology
KW - Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
U2 - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119053
DO - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119053
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 35247548
VL - 252
JO - NEUROIMAGE
JF - NEUROIMAGE
SN - 1053-8119
M1 - 119053
ER -