A study of the human primary and secondary somatosensory cortices with FMRI and MEG

C. Del Gratta; S. Della Penna; A. Ferretti; R. Franciotti; V. Pizzella; K. Torquati; A. Tartaro; L. Bonomo; G. L. Romani; P. M. Rossini

A study of the human primary and secondary somatosensory cortices with FMRI and MEG

C. Del Gratta, S. Della Penna, A. Ferretti, R. Franciotti, V. Pizzella, K. Torquati, A. Tartaro, L. Bonomo, G. L. Romani, P. M. Rossini

Istituto San Raffaele Pisana

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Abstract

We studied MEG and fMRI responses to electric median and tibial nerve stimulation in five healthy volunteers. The aim was at comparing the fMRI activation and MEG equivalent current dipole (ECD) localisations in the primary (SI) and secondary (SII) somatosensory cortices. EPI functional images were acquired with a SIEMENS 1.5T scanner according to a block paradigm. MEG data were acquired with a 165-channel whole head neuromagnetometer. Matching of MEG and fMRI subject reference frames was performed with current carrying coils whose signal was recorded in MEG and whose position was identified in structural MRI with oil capsules. Stimuli were rectangular pulses with duration 200 to 400 microseconds and frequency 0.3 Hz for MEG and 1.9 Hz for fMRI. A higher stimulus rate in fMRI was used to increase regional cerebral blood flow. The stimulus intensity was settled at a level producing a painless, clearly visible thumb opposition or foot flexion. A somatotopic organization of SII was seen both with MEG and fMRI, with the upper limb areas located more anteriorly and more inferiorly than the lower limb areas. ECD locations and fMRI activation were substantially consistent, with an average mismatch of about 1 cm. Similar differences were observed in SI.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
Pages	925-926
Number of pages	2
Volume	2
Publication status	Published - 2002
Event	Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 24th Annual Conference and the 2002 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES / EMBS) - Houston, TX, United States Duration: Oct 23 2002 → Oct 26 2002

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Other	Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 24th Annual Conference and the 2002 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES / EMBS)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Houston, TX
Period	10/23/02 → 10/26/02

Keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetoencephalography
Primary and secondary somatosensory cortex

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Bioengineering

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Del Gratta, C, Della Penna, S, Ferretti, A, Franciotti, R, Pizzella, V, Torquati, K, Tartaro, A, Bonomo, L, Romani, GL & Rossini, PM 2002, A study of the human primary and secondary somatosensory cortices with FMRI and MEG. in Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings. vol. 2, pp. 925-926, Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 24th Annual Conference and the 2002 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES / EMBS), Houston, TX, United States, 10/23/02.

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