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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-5
pubmed:abstractText
The ability to directly detect neuronal magnetic fields by MRI would help investigators achieve the "holy grail" of neuroimaging, namely both high spatial and temporal resolution. Both positive and negative findings have been reported in the literature, with no clear consensus as to the feasibility of direct detection. The aim of this study was to replicate one of the most promising published in vivo results. A second aim was to investigate the use of steady-state visual evoked potentials (ssVEPs), which give a large evoked response and offer a well-controlled approach because the frequency of the neuronal response can be dictated by the experimenter. For both studies we used a general linear model (GLM) that included regressors for both the expected blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal and the magnetic source (MS) signal. The results showed no activity that could be attributed to the neuromagnetic signals in either study, and no frequency component corresponding to the frequency of the ssVEPs. This study demonstrates that for the particular stimuli and hardware used, the sensitivity of the magnitude MRI signal to detect evoked neuronal currents is too low to be of practical use.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0740-3194
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
411-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Inability to directly detect magnetic field changes associated with neuronal activity.
pubmed:affiliation
F.C. Donders Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. laupar@liverpool.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article