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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of the study was to implement a vibrotactile stimulator using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). A fMRI compatible vibration device consisting of a pneumatically driven dual membrane pump was developed. Brain activation during 50 Hz vibrotactile stimulation of the right hand-palm were compared to a right 2 Hz finger-to-thumb-tapping in ten healthy, right-handed male volunteers. The vibration paradigm showed a comparable activation pattern with respect to finger-to-thumb-tapping in the contralateral perirolandic region. The advantage of the new vibration device is the possibility to elicit the vibratory-tonic-reflex due to the higher amplitude in context with the high frequency than established devices. This reflex is considered to be responsible for the activation in the primary motor cortex and the current paradigm might prove useful in future neurosurgical planning in patients with perirolandic lesions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
324
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
125-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Afferent Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Air Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Evoked Potentials, Motor, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Functional Laterality, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Hand, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Mechanoreceptors, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Motor Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Physical Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Reflex, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Somatosensory Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Touch, pubmed-meshheading:11988343-Vibration
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
A new pneumatic vibrator for functional magnetic resonance imaging of the human sensorimotor cortex.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Graz, Austria. stefan.golaszewski@uibk.ac.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't