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Functional decoupling of BOLD and gamma-band amplitudes in human primary visual cortex.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18729078     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Although functional magnetic resonance imaging is an important tool for measuring brain activity, the hemodynamic blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) response is only an indirect measure of neuronal activity. Converging evidence obtained from simultaneous recording of hemodynamic and electrical measures suggest that the best correlate of the BOLD response in primary visual cortex is gamma-band oscillations ( approximately 40 Hz). Here, we examined the coupling between BOLD and gamma-band amplitudes measured with magntoencephalography (MEG) in human primary visual cortex in 10 participants. In Experiment A, participants were exposed to grating stimuli at two contrast levels and two spatial frequencies and in Experiment B square and sine wave stimuli at two spatial frequencies. The amplitudes of both gamma-band oscillations and BOLD showed tuning with stimulus contrast and stimulus type; however, gamma-band oscillations showed a 300% increase across two spatial frequencies, whereas BOLD exhibited no change. This functional decoupling demonstrates that increased amplitude of gamma-band oscillations as measured with MEG is not sufficient to drive the subsequent BOLD response.
Authors:
Suresh D Muthukumaraswamy; Krish D Singh
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Human brain mapping     Volume:  30     ISSN:  1097-0193     ISO Abbreviation:  Hum Brain Mapp     Publication Date:  2009 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-06-22     Completed Date:  2009-09-03     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9419065     Medline TA:  Hum Brain Mapp     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2000-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc
Affiliation:
Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom. sdmuthu@cardiff.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Brain Mapping
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetoencephalography
Male
Oxygen / blood*
Periodicity*
Visual Cortex / physiology*
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
BBS/B/08035//Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7782-44-7/Oxygen

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