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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated the characteristics of the hemodynamic response (HDR) to paired presentations of visual face stimuli using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Photographs of faces were presented singly or in pairs with either a 1-s or 6-s intrapair interval (IPI). Each trial (single face or face pairs) was followed by an intertrial interval of 16-20 s. Faces were presented at fixation and passively viewed by the 10 subjects. Images were acquired at 1.5 Tesla using a gradient-echo echo-planar imaging sequence sensitive to blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) contrast. To examine the refractory properties of the HDR, we subtracted the single-stimulus hemodynamic response from the composite response evoked by face pairs for all voxels significantly active on single face trials. The residual represents the contribution of the second stimulus to the fMRI signal. Event-related presentation of faces evoked activity in medial calcarine cortex and the fusiform gyrus bilaterally. In both calcarine and fusiform regions, the hemodynamic response to the second face in a pair was of lower amplitude and of increased latency at 1 s IPI, with significant recovery of both amplitude and latency toward single-stimulus values at 6 s IPI. At 1 s IPI, significantly greater recovery was found in posterior fusiform regions (50-60%) than in midfusiform regions (10-40%). These regional differences were not apparent at 6 s IPI. No differences were found across slices in calcarine cortex. There was a significant difference in mean latency to HDR peak between calcarine and fusiform cortex, with the HDR peaking about 400 ms earlier in calcarine cortex. We conclude that characteristics of the HDR, notably its amplitude, latency, and refractory properties, differ across visual cortical areas.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1053-8119
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
967-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Arousal, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Attention, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Echo-Planar Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Evoked Potentials, Visual, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Face, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Hemodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Image Enhancement, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Oxygen Consumption, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Pattern Recognition, Visual, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Refractory Period, Electrophysiological, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Regional Blood Flow, pubmed-meshheading:11697929-Visual Cortex
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Regional differences in the refractory period of the hemodynamic response: an event-related fMRI study.
pubmed:affiliation
Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.