title: A comparison of functional MRI and magnetoencephalography for receptive language mapping.
abstract: We compared functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) for the mapping of receptive language function. Participants performed the same language task in the two different imaging environments. MEG activation profiles showed prominent bilateral activity in superior temporal gyrus and left-lateralized activity in middle temporal gyrus. fMRI activation profiles revealed bilateral activity in prefrontal, superior temporal, middle temporal, and visual areas. Laterality quotients derived from the two modalities showed poor agreement between the two methods for commonly active regions of interest. Locations of peak activity also varied considerably within participants between the two methods.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1333 Moursund Street, Suite H114, Houston, TX 77030, USA. rebecca.l.billingsley@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Billingsley-Marshall
authors.forename: Trustin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Clear
authors.forename: W Einar
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Mencl
authors.forename: Panagiotis G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Simos
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Swank
authors.forename: Disheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Men
authors.forename: Shirin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkari
authors.forename: Eduardo M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Papanicolaou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D015225:Magnetoencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*