Experimental platforms at DYCOG Team

Comportemental room

• Visual and auditory stimulation (Presentation software, touch screen).

Scalp EEG (Electroencephalography)

• 2 acquisition systems of 64 EEG channels (approved laboratory for biomedical research involving human subjects):

A fixate system (Neuroscan) in a recording room with a shielded and faradized box and a system of visual and auditory stimulations.

A mobile ststem (Brainamps) with active electrode cap system and the remote EEG data access.

• 3D locations of electrodes with the Polhemus 3D digitizer.

Other experimental platforms available

Intracranial EEG

• Since many years, we maintain collaborations with the Departments of Epileptology and Functional Neurology of Lyon Neurological Hospital headed by Pr. F. Mauguière(Dr. C. Fischer, Pr. Ph. Ryvlin, Dr. J. Jung, members of ex-INSERM U821 ). We carry out sensory and cognitive protocols during the pre-surgical functional assessment of epileptic patients with intracranial electrodes (stereotaxic EEG - SEEG).
• Thanks to collaborations with the Grenoble Hospital (Dr. Ph Kahane), we also have access to epileptic patients implanted for sensory and cognitive protocols.

Platforms of the CERMEP imaging centre (headed by G. Gimenez)

• Positron Emission Tomography (PET, Siemens HR+), headed by D. Le Bars

PET is a nuclear medicine technique using a camera. It uses the biological molecules labelled by the short-lived radioisotopes, such as 11C, which permit to capture images of the human body's function.

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI, Siemens Sonata 1.5 T) with MR-compatible EEG acquisition system, headed by D. Sappey-Marinier
• Magnetoencephalography (MEG, CTF OMEGA 275 VSM MedTech), headed by C. Delpuech

The MEG department has a magneto and electroencephalographic CTF OMEGA 275-channel whole-head system (VSM MedTech, Canada) allowing to record the magnetoencephalogram on 275-channel whole-head and the electroencephalogram on 64 channels including 8 bipolar. Contact : Claude DELPUECH : Head of Department (tel : ++33 4 72 13 89 61 ; email : delpuechcermep.fr) Françoise BAUCHET-LECAIGNARD : Research Engineer (tel : 04 72 13 89 63 ; email : lecaignardcermep.fr) The MEG project was set up by the Federative Neuroscience Institute of Lyon (IFR19) (J. Pernier (INSERM U280), head of project). The system was installed in 2005.