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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.

Noise Reduction and Localization Accuracy in a Mobile Magnetoencephalography System (2024)
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Bardouille, T., Smith, V., Vajda, E., Leslie, C. D., & Holmes, N. (2024). Noise Reduction and Localization Accuracy in a Mobile Magnetoencephalography System. Sensors, 24(11), Article 3503. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24113503

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) non-invasively provides important information about human brain electrophysiology. The growing use of optically pumped magnetometers (OPM) for MEG, as opposed to fixed arrays of cryogenic sensors, has opened the door for... Read More about Noise Reduction and Localization Accuracy in a Mobile Magnetoencephalography System.

Simultaneous whole-head electrophysiological recordings using EEG and OPM-MEG (2024)
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Seedat, Z. A., Pier, K. S., Holmes, N., Rea, M., Al-Hilaly, L., Tierney, T. M., Embury, C. M., Pardington, R., Mullinger, K. J., Cross, J. H., Boto, E., & Brookes, M. J. (2024). Simultaneous whole-head electrophysiological recordings using EEG and OPM-MEG. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00179

Electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) non-invasively measure human brain electrophysiology. They differ in nature; MEG offers better performance whilst EEG (a wearable platform) is more practical. They are also complementary,... Read More about Simultaneous whole-head electrophysiological recordings using EEG and OPM-MEG.

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.

Designing Optimal Loop, Saddle, and Ellipse-Based Magnetic Coils by Spherical Harmonic Mapping (2023)
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Hobson, P. J., Hardwicke, N. L., Davis, A., Smith, T. X., Morley, C., Packer, M., Holmes, N., Weil, M. A., Brookes, M. J., Bowtell, R., & Fromhold, M. (2023). Designing Optimal Loop, Saddle, and Ellipse-Based Magnetic Coils by Spherical Harmonic Mapping. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 72, Article 1005815. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2023.3284138

Adaptable, low-cost, coils designed by carefully selecting the arrangements and geometries of simple primitive units are used to generate magnetic fields for diverse applications. These extend from magnetic resonance and fundamental physics experimen... Read More about Designing Optimal Loop, Saddle, and Ellipse-Based Magnetic Coils by Spherical Harmonic Mapping.

Tri-axial rubidium and helium optically pumped magnetometers for on-scalp magnetoencephalography recording of interictal epileptiform discharges: a case study (2023)
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Feys, O., Corvilain, P., Labyt, E., Mahmoudzadeh, M., Routier, L., Sculier, C., Holmes, N., Brookes, M., Goldman, S., Romain, R., Mitryukovskiy, S., Palacios-Laloy, A., Schwartz, D., Betrouni, N., Derambure, P., Wallois, F., Wens, V., & De Tiège, X. (2023). Tri-axial rubidium and helium optically pumped magnetometers for on-scalp magnetoencephalography recording of interictal epileptiform discharges: a case study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, Article 1284262. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1284262

Cryogenic magnetoencephalography (MEG) enhances the presurgical assessment of refractory focal epilepsy (RFE). Optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) are cryogen-free sensors that enable on-scalp MEG recordings. Here, we investigate the application of... Read More about Tri-axial rubidium and helium optically pumped magnetometers for on-scalp magnetoencephalography recording of interictal epileptiform discharges: a case study.

Portable single-beam cesium zero-field magnetometer for magnetocardiography (2023)
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Dawson, R., O'Dwyer, C., Mrozowski, M. S., Irwin, E., McGilligan, J. P., Burt, D. P., Hunter, D., Ingleby, S., Rea, M., Holmes, N., Brookes, M. J., Griffin, P. F., & Riis, E. (2023). Portable single-beam cesium zero-field magnetometer for magnetocardiography. Journal of Optical Microsystems, 3(4), Article 044501. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jom.3.4.044501

Optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) are becoming common in the realm of biomagnetic measurements. We discuss the development of a prototype zero-field cesium portable OPM and its miniaturized components. Zero-field sensors operate in a very low sta... Read More about Portable single-beam cesium zero-field magnetometer for magnetocardiography.

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.