title: Distributed current analyses of bi-hemispheric magnetic N1m responses to ipsi/contralateral monaural stimuli from a single subject.
abstract: Magnetoencephalographic (MEG) responses of both auditory cortices to simple auditory stimuli presented monaurally to either ear were recorded from a single subject. A distributed current model and a current dipole model were used to analyse the responses at the latency of the dominant N1m complex. At the N1m the current density was localised to a single area and was consequently well modelled by a single current dipole close to the peak current density. In the left hemisphere, the contralateral response (as identified by the peak current density) preceded the ipsilateral response by 3 msec. This value was 7 msec for the right hemisphere. Evidence was found in the right hemisphere of a posterior-anterior movement along the sylvian fissure. Also, the left hemisphere N1m sources were all represented more posterior than the right hemisphere N1m sources.
authors.affiliation: Open University, Department of Physics, Milton Keynes, UK.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ioannides
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kober
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pongratz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daun
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grummich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vieth
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology