Subthalamic nucleus and sensorimotor cortex activity during speech production

…, WJ Lipski, A Bush, CA Dastolfo-Hromack… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
The sensorimotor cortex is somatotopically organized to represent the vocal tract articulators
such as lips, tongue, larynx, and jaw. How speech and articulatory features are encoded at …

Subthalamic nucleus neurons differentially encode early and late aspects of speech production

…, T Pirnia, PW Jones, C Dastolfo-Hromack… - Journal of …, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
… Spike rasters across trials are shown in A–C, top, and mean firing rate (A, C) or mean ISI (B)
are shown on the bottom. Diamonds labeled with a “c” indicate mean time of cue …

Lateralized and region-specific thalamic processing of lexical status during reading aloud

…, A Chrabaszcz, CA Dastolfo-Hromack… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
To explore whether the thalamus participates in lexical status (word vs nonword) processing
during spoken word production, we recorded local field potentials from the ventral lateral …

[HTML][HTML] Differentiation of speech-induced artifacts from physiological high gamma activity in intracranial recordings

…, V Peterson, V Saravanan, C Dastolfo-Hromack… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
There is great interest in identifying the neurophysiological underpinnings of speech production.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery is unique in that it allows intracranial recordings …

Articulatory gain predicts motor cortex and subthalamic nucleus activity during speech

C Dastolfo-Hromack, A Bush, A Chrabaszcz… - Cerebral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Speaking precisely is important for effective verbal communication, and articulatory gain is
one component of speech motor control that contributes to achieving this goal. Given that the …

Anterior sensorimotor subthalamic nucleus stimulation is associated with improved voice function

A Jorge, C Dastolfo-Hromack, WJ Lipski, IH Kratter… - …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background Despite the impact of Parkinson disease (PD) on speech communication, there
is no consensus regarding the effect of lead location on voice-related outcomes in …

Singing voice outcomes following singing voice therapy

C DastolfoHromack, TL Thomas, CA Rosen… - The …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives/Hypothesis The objectives of this study were to describe singing voice therapy (SVT),
describe referred patient characteristics, and document the outcomes of SVT. Study …

Evaluation of neurogenic voice disorders

C Dastolfo-Hromack, E Walsh - Neurologic and neurodegenerative …, 2020 - Springer
There are a variety of techniques to identify neurolaryngeal pathway disruptions. This chapter
addresses voice assessment of neurogenic voice disorders and their aural, aerodynamic, …

Thalamic encoding of lexical status is lateralized during reading aloud

…, A Bush, A Chrabaszcz, C Dastolfo-Hromack… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
To explore whether the thalamus participates in lexical status encoding, local field potentials
were recorded in patients undergoing deep brain stimulation lead implantation while they …

Neural Correlates of Phonetic-Intensity Encoding

CA Dastolfo-Hromack - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Speech therapy for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PWPD) capitalizes on a physiologic
link between vocal intensity and articulation (termed here as ‘phonetic-intensity encoding’), …