title: Clinical, neuropsychological, and pre-stimulus dorsomedial thalamic nucleus electrophysiological data in deep brain stimulation patients.
abstract: The data presented here comprise clinical, neuropsychological, and intrathalamic electrophysiological data from 7 patients with pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy and are related to the article "Pre-stimulus thalamic theta power predicts human memory formation" C.M. Sweeney-Reed, T. Zaehle, J. Voges, F.C. Schmitt, L. Buentjen, K. Kopitzki, et al. (2016) [1]. The patients participated in a memory paradigm after receiving electrodes implanted in the DMTN due to the surgical approach taken in electrode insertion for deep brain stimulation of the anterior thalamic nucleus. Epilepsy duration and pre-operative neuropsychological tests provide an indication of the profile of patients receiving intrathalamic electrode implantation and the memory capabilities in such a patient group. The electrophysiological data were recorded from the right DMTN preceding stimulus presentation during intentional memory encoding. The patients viewed a series of photographic scenes, which they judged as indoors or outdoors. The 900 ms epochs prior to stimulus presentation were labeled as preceding successful or unsuccessful subsequent memory formation according to a subsequent memory test for the items. The difference between theta power preceding successful versus unsuccessful subsequent memory formation is shown against time for each patient individually.
authors: Departments of Neurology and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors: Catherine M
authors: CM
authors: Sweeney-Reed
authors: Departments of Neurology and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors: Tino
authors: T
authors: Zaehle
authors: Departments of Neurology and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Behavioral Neurology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors: Jürgen
authors: J
authors: Voges
authors: Departments of Neurology and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors: Friedhelm C
authors: FC
authors: Schmitt
authors: Departments of Neurology and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors: Lars
authors: L
authors: Buentjen
authors: Departments of Neurology and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Behavioral Neurology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors: Klaus
authors: K
authors: Kopitzki
authors: Departments of Neurology and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors: Alan
authors: A
authors: Richardson-Klavehn
authors: Departments of Neurology and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Behavioral Neurology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors: Hermann
authors: H
authors: Hinrichs
authors: Departments of Neurology and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Behavioral Neurology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors: Hans-Jochen
authors: HJ
authors: Heinze
authors: Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, University of California, Tolman Hall, MC 3192, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors: Robert T
authors: RT
authors: Knight
authors: Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas, Dallas, TX 75235, USA.
authors: Michael D
authors: MD
authors: Rugg
keywords: Dorsomedial thalamic nucleus; Memory encoding; Pre-stimulus theta