Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2007
A brush stimulator for functional brain imaging.
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Jousmäki V, Nishitani N, Hari R
Аннотация
OBJECTIVE: To describe a novel non-magnetic hand-held device to stimulate various parts of the skin and to evaluate its performance in magnetoencephalographic (MEG) recordings.
METHODS: The hand-held part of the device consists of an optic fiber bundle that forms a small brush. Half of the fibers emit modulated red light and the other half detect the reflected light from the skin so that the brush-to-skin contact is detected by means of reflectance.
RESULTS: Light tapping of the back of the hand at the innervation area of the radial nerve elicited clear responses in all 10 subjects studied, with the main deflections peaking 40-70 ms after the stimulus. The earliest responses, obtained with a higher number of averaged trials, peaked 27-28 ms after the tap to the left hand dorsum. Source analysis of the MEG signals indicated neuronal sources at the primary somatosensory (SI) cortex, with a clear somatotopical order for face vs. hand.
CONCLUSIONS: The device seems feasible for both MEG and functional magnetic resonance imaging experiments to address functional anatomy of the human somatosensory system with a real-life like stimulation.
SIGNIFICANCE: Non-magnetic and artefact-free tactile stimulator with a selective stimulus offers new possibilities for experimental designs to study the human mechanoreceptor system.
METHODS: The hand-held part of the device consists of an optic fiber bundle that forms a small brush. Half of the fibers emit modulated red light and the other half detect the reflected light from the skin so that the brush-to-skin contact is detected by means of reflectance.
RESULTS: Light tapping of the back of the hand at the innervation area of the radial nerve elicited clear responses in all 10 subjects studied, with the main deflections peaking 40-70 ms after the stimulus. The earliest responses, obtained with a higher number of averaged trials, peaked 27-28 ms after the tap to the left hand dorsum. Source analysis of the MEG signals indicated neuronal sources at the primary somatosensory (SI) cortex, with a clear somatotopical order for face vs. hand.
CONCLUSIONS: The device seems feasible for both MEG and functional magnetic resonance imaging experiments to address functional anatomy of the human somatosensory system with a real-life like stimulation.
SIGNIFICANCE: Non-magnetic and artefact-free tactile stimulator with a selective stimulus offers new possibilities for experimental designs to study the human mechanoreceptor system.
Предметные рубрики MeSH
AdultAfferent PathwaysBrain MappingEvoked Potentials, SomatosensoryFeasibility StudiesFemaleFiber Optic TechnologyFunctional LateralityHumansMagnetoencephalographyMaleMechanoreceptorsMechanotransduction, CellularNeural ConductionPhysical StimulationReaction TimeReproducibility of ResultsSensory Receptor CellsSkinSomatosensory CortexTouch