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Neurophysiology of the BOLD fMRI Signal in Awake Monkeys

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Goense, Jozien B.M., Logothetis, Nikos K.·2008·Current Biology

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Background Simultaneous intracortical recordings of neural activity and blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in primary visual cortex of anesthetized monkeys demonstrated varying degrees of correlation between fMRI signals and the different types of neural activity, such as local field potentials (LFPs), multiple-unit activity (MUA), and single-unit activity (SUA). One important question raised by the aforementioned investigation is whether the reported correlations also apply to alert subjects.Results Monkeys were trained to perform a fixation task while stimuli within the receptive field of each recording site were used to elicit neural responses followed by a BOLD response. We show -- also in alert behaving monkeys -- that although both LFP and MUA make significant contributions to the BOLD response, LFPs are better and more reliable predictors of the BOLD signal. Moreover, when MUA responses adapt but LFP remains unaffected, the BOLD signal remains unaltered.Conclusions The persistent coupling of the BOLD signal to the field potential when LFP and MUA have different time evolutions suggests that BOLD is primarily determined by the local processing of inputs in a given cortical area. In the alert animal the largest portion of the BOLD signal's variance is explained by an LFP range (20-60 Hz) that is most likely related to neuromodulation. Finally, the similarity of the results in alert and anesthetized subjects indicates that at least in V1 anesthesia is not a confounding factor. This enables the comparison of human fMRI results with a plethora of electrophysiological results obtained in alert or anesthetized animals.

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  • The LFP-BOLD correlation spans a broadband of frequencies, not limited to a single frequency, though it is most notable in gamma.

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Authors
Goense, J. B. M., & Logothetis, N. K.
Affiliations
  • Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics (DE)
  • University of Manchester (GB)
Corresponding author
Logothetis, Nikos K.
Venue
Current Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-05
Volume
18
Issue
9
Pages
631-640
ISSN
0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2090664493
Cited by
583
References
56
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38.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Current Biology (publishedVersion)
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  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Keywords
BOLD signal, primary visual cortex, local field potentials, multi-unit activity, single-unit activity, neuromodulation
MeSH terms
Animals, Haplorhini, Consciousness, Evoked Potentials, Visual, Fixation, Ocular, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Oxygen, Visual Cortex

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