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Neurophysiological investigation of the basis of the fMRI signal
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is widely used to study the operational organization of the human brain, but the exact relationship between the measured fMRI signal and the underlying neural activity is unclear. Here we present simultaneous intracortical recordings of neural signals and fMRI responses. We compared local field potentials (LFPs), single- and multi-unit spiking activity with highly spatio-temporally resolved blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) fMRI responses from the visual cortex of monkeys. The largest magnitude changes were observed in LFPs, which at recording sites characterized by transient responses were the only signal that significantly correlated with the haemodynamic response. Linear systems analysis on a trial-by-trial basis showed that the impulse response of the neurovascular system is both animal- and site-specific, and that LFPs yield a better estimate of BOLD responses than the multi-unit responses. These findings suggest that the BOLD contrast mechanism reflects the input and intracortical processing of a given area rather than its spiking output.
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“Importantly, local field potentials and tissue oxygen response, which directly contribute to the generation of the BOLD signals (Logothetis et al., 2001), were preserved at both frequencies.”
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“Although the electrophysiological activity in V1 could not be directly assessed in our experiment, based on the literature (Logothetis et al., 2001) we can obtain a rough surrogate of V1 output by evaluating fMRI signals in the secondary visual areas, which receive input directly from V1.”
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“Under the view that the fMRI BOLD signal reflects in part the input into an area and intrinsic computations within it (Logothetis et al., 2001)”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Logothetis, N. K., Pauls, J., Augath, M., Trinath, T., & Oeltermann, A.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics (DE)
- Max Planck Society (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Logothetis, Nikos K.
- ORCID
- Logothetis, Nikos K.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2001-07-12
- Volume
- 412
- Issue
- 6843
- Pages
- 150-157
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2114104729
- Cited by
- 6,551
- References
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- FWCI
- 168.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
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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 › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Keywords
- BOLD signal, local field potentials, intracortical recording, neurovascular coupling, hemodynamic response, visual cortex, linear systems analysis, impulse response, monkeys, neural activity estimation
- MeSH terms
- Action Potentials, Animals, Electrodes, Electrophysiology, Hemodynamics, Macaca mulatta, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Synaptic Transmission, Neurons, Oxygen, Photic Stimulation, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Visual Cortex, Contrast Sensitivity
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