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Wearable magnetoencephalography in a lightly shielded environment (2024)
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Holmes, N., Leggett, J., Hill, R. M., Rier, L., Boto, E., Schofield, H., Hayward, T., Dawson, E., Woolger, D., Shah, V., Taulu, S., Brookes, M. J., & Bowtell, R. (2025). Wearable magnetoencephalography in a lightly shielded environment. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 72(2), 609-618. https://doi.org/10.1109/tbme.2024.3465654

Wearable magnetoencephalography based on optically pumped magnetometers (OPM-MEG) offers non-invasive and high-fidelity measurement of human brain electrophysiology. The flexibility of OPM-MEG also means it can be deployed in participants of all ages... Read More about Wearable magnetoencephalography in a lightly shielded environment.

Tracking the neurodevelopmental trajectory of beta band oscillations with optically pumped magnetometer-based magnetoencephalography (2024)
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Rier, L., Rhodes, N., Pakenham, D. O., Boto, E., Holmes, N., Hill, R. M., Reina Rivero, G., Shah, V., Doyle, C., Osborne, J., Bowtell, R. W., Taylor, M., & Brookes, M. J. (2024). Tracking the neurodevelopmental trajectory of beta band oscillations with optically pumped magnetometer-based magnetoencephalography. eLife, 13, Article RP94561. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.94561.3

Neural oscillations mediate the coordination of activity within and between brain networks, supporting cognition and behaviour. How these processes develop throughout childhood is not only an important neuroscientific question but could also shed lig... Read More about Tracking the neurodevelopmental trajectory of beta band oscillations with optically pumped magnetometer-based magnetoencephalography.

The neurodevelopmental trajectory of beta band oscillations: an OPM-MEG study (2024)
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Rier, L., Rhodes, N., Pakenham, D., Boto, E., Holmes, N., Hill, R. M., Rivero, G. R., Shah, V., Doyle, C., Osborne, J., Bowtell, R., Taylor, M. J., & Brookes, M. J. (2024). The neurodevelopmental trajectory of beta band oscillations: an OPM-MEG study. eLife, Article 94561v1. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.94561.1

Neural oscillations mediate coordination of activity within and between brain networks, supporting cognition and behaviour. How these processes develop throughout childhood is not only a critical neuroscientific question but could also shed light on... Read More about The neurodevelopmental trajectory of beta band oscillations: an OPM-MEG study.

Test-retest reliability of the human connectome: An OPM-MEG study (2023)
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Rier, L., Michelmann, S., Ritz, H., Shah, V., Hill, R. M., Osborne, J., Doyle, C., Holmes, N., Bowtell, R., Brookes, M. J., Norman, K. A., Hasson, U., Cohen, J. D., & Boto, E. (2023). Test-retest reliability of the human connectome: An OPM-MEG study. Imaging Neuroscience, 1, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00020

Magnetoencephalography with optically pumped magnetometers (OPM-MEG) offers a new way to record electrophysiological brain function, with significant advantages over conventional MEG, including adaptability to head shape/size, free movement during sc... Read More about Test-retest reliability of the human connectome: An OPM-MEG study.

Enabling ambulatory movement in wearable magnetoencephalography with matrix coil active magnetic shielding (2023)
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Holmes, N., Rea, M., Hill, R. M., Leggett, J., Edwards, L. J., Hobson, P. J., Boto, E., Tierney, T. M., Rier, L., Rivero, G. R., Shah, V., Osborne, J., Fromhold, T. M., Glover, P., Brookes, M. J., & Bowtell, R. (2023). Enabling ambulatory movement in wearable magnetoencephalography with matrix coil active magnetic shielding. NeuroImage, 274, Article 120157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120157

The ability to collect high-quality neuroimaging data during ambulatory participant movement would enable a wealth of neuroscientific paradigms. Wearable magnetoencephalography (MEG) based on optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) has the potential to... Read More about Enabling ambulatory movement in wearable magnetoencephalography with matrix coil active magnetic shielding.

Measurement of Frontal Midline Theta Oscillations using OPM-MEG (2023)
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Rhodes, N., Rea, M., Boto, E., Rier, L., Shah, V., Hill, R. M., Osborne, J., Doyle, C., Holmes, N., Coleman, S. C., Mullinger, K., Bowtell, R., & Brookes, M. J. (2023). Measurement of Frontal Midline Theta Oscillations using OPM-MEG. NeuroImage, 271, Article 120024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120024

Optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) are an emerging lightweight and compact sensor that can measure magnetic fields generated by the human brain. OPMs enable construction of wearable magnetoencephalography (MEG) systems, which offer advantages over... Read More about Measurement of Frontal Midline Theta Oscillations using OPM-MEG.

Mapping Interictal activity in epilepsy using a hidden Markov model: A magnetoencephalography study (2022)
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Seedat, Z. A., Rier, L., Gascoyne, L. E., Cook, H., Woolrich, M. W., Quinn, A. J., Roberts, T. P. L., Furlong, P. L., Armstrong, C., St. Pier, K., Mullinger, K. J., Marsh, E. D., Brookes, M. J., & Gaetz, W. (2022). Mapping Interictal activity in epilepsy using a hidden Markov model: A magnetoencephalography study. Human Brain Mapping, https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26118

Epilepsy is a highly heterogeneous neurological disorder with variable etiology, manifestation, and response to treatment. It is imperative that new models of epileptiform brain activity account for this variability, to identify individual needs and... Read More about Mapping Interictal activity in epilepsy using a hidden Markov model: A magnetoencephalography study.

Mild traumatic brain injury impairs the coordination of intrinsic and motor-related neural dynamics (2021)
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Rier, L., Zamyadi, R., Zhang, J., Emami, Z., Seedat, Z. A., Mocanu, S., Gascoyne, L. E., Allen, C. M., Scadding, J. W., Furlong, P. L., Gooding-Williams, G., Woolrich, M. W., Evangelou, N., Brookes, M. J., & Dunkley, B. T. (2021). Mild traumatic brain injury impairs the coordination of intrinsic and motor-related neural dynamics. NeuroImage: Clinical, 32, Article 102841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102841

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) poses a considerable burden on healthcare systems. Whilst most patients recover quickly, a significant number suffer from sequelae that are not accompanied by measurable structural damage. Understanding the neural u... Read More about Mild traumatic brain injury impairs the coordination of intrinsic and motor-related neural dynamics.