Recommendations for the clinical use of somatosensory-evoked potentials

…, MJ Aminoff, G Curio, JM Guerit, R Kakigi… - Clinical …, 2008 - Elsevier
The International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN) is in the process of
updating its Recommendations for clinical practice published in 1999. These new …

Musical training enhances automatic encoding of melodic contour and interval structure

T Fujioka, LJ Trainor, B Ross, R Kakigi… - Journal of cognitive …, 2004 - direct.mit.edu
In music, melodic information is thought to be encoded in two forms, a contour code
(up/down pattern of pitch changes) and an interval code (pitch distances between …

The somatosensory evoked magnetic fields

R Kakigi, M Hoshiyama, M Shimojo, D Naka… - Progress in …, 2000 - Elsevier
Averaged magnetoencephalography (MEG) following somatosensory stimulation,
somatosensory evoked magnetic field (s)(SEF), in humans are reviewed. The equivalent …

One year of musical training affects development of auditory cortical-evoked fields in young children

T Fujioka, B Ross, R Kakigi, C Pantev, LJ Trainor - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Auditory evoked responses to a violin tone and a noise-burst stimulus were recorded from 4-
to 6-year-old children in four repeated measurements over a 1-year period using …

Somatosensory homunculus as drawn by MEG

…, A Goto, T Kato, K Ito, Y Abe, T Kachi, R Kakigi - Neuroimage, 1998 - Elsevier
We studied a detailed somatosensory representation map of the human primary
somatosensory cortex using magnetoencephalography. Somatosensory-evoked magnetic …

Cortical tremor: a variant of cortical reflex myoclonus

A Ikeda, R Kakigi, N Funai, R Neshige, Y Kuroda… - Neurology, 1990 - AAN Enterprises
Two patients with action tremor that was thought to originate in the cerebral cortex showed
fine shivering-like finger twitching provoked mainly by action and posture. Surface EMG …

An ERP study of second language learning after childhood: Effects of proficiency

S Ojima, H Nakata, R Kakigi - Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 2005 - direct.mit.edu
Whether there is an absolute critical period for acquiring language is a matter of continuous
debate. One approach to address this issue is to compare the processes of second …

Preferential stimulation of Aδ fibers by intra-epidermal needle electrode in humans

K Inui, TD Tran, M Hoshiyama, R Kakigi - Pain, 2002 - journals.lww.com
We recorded evoked potentials (EPs) induced by conventional transcutaneous electrical
stimulation (TS), laser stimulation (LS) and epidermal electrical stimulation (ES) using a …

Automatic encoding of polyphonic melodies in musicians and nonmusicians

T Fujioka, LJ Trainor, B Ross, R Kakigi… - Journal of cognitive …, 2005 - direct.mit.edu
In music, multiple musical objects often overlap in time. Western polyphonic music contains
multiple simultaneous melodic lines (referred to as “voices”) of equal importance. Previous …

Neural activation to upright and inverted faces in infants measured by near infrared spectroscopy

…, S Kanazawa, MK Yamaguchi, S Watanabe, R Kakigi - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
The present study examined infants' brain activity in response to upright and inverted faces
using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), which can non-invasively record hemodynamic …