title: Spatiotemporal frequency tuning of BOLD and gamma band MEG responses compared in primary visual cortex.
abstract: In this study, the spatial and temporal frequency tuning characteristics of the MEG gamma (40-60 Hz) rhythm and the BOLD response in primary visual cortex were measured and compared. In an identical MEG/fMRI paradigm, 10 participants viewed reversing square wave gratings at 2 spatial frequencies [0.5 and 3 cycles per degree (cpd)] reversing at 5 temporal frequencies (0, 1 6, 10, 15 Hz). Three-dimensional images of MEG source power were generated with synthetic aperture magnetometry (SAM) and showed a high degree of spatial correspondence with BOLD responses in primary visual cortex with a mean spatial separation of 6.5 mm, but the two modalities showed different tuning characteristics. The gamma rhythm showed a clear increase in induced power for the high spatial frequency stimulus while BOLD showed no difference in activity for the two spatial frequencies used. Both imaging modalities showed a general increase of activity with temporal frequency, however, BOLD plateaued around 6-10 Hz while the MEG generally increased with a dip exhibited at 6 Hz. These results demonstrate that the two modalities may show activation in similar spatial locations but that the functional pattern of these activations may differ in a complex manner, suggesting that they may be tuned to different aspects of neuronal activity.
authors.affiliation: Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff CF103AT, UK. sdmuthu@cardiff.ac.uk
authors.forename: Suresh D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Muthukumaraswamy
authors.forename: Krish D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen