Natalie Rhodes
Measurement of Frontal Midline Theta Oscillations using OPM-MEG
Rhodes, Natalie; Rea, Molly; Boto, Elena; Rier, Lukas; Shah, Vishal; Hill, Ryan M.; Osborne, James; Doyle, Cody; Holmes, Niall; Coleman, Sebastian C.; Mullinger, Karen; Bowtell, Richard; Brookes, Matthew J.
Authors
Molly Rea
Dr ELENA BOTO ELENA.BOTO@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Senior Research Fellow
Dr. LUKAS RIER Lukas.Rier@nottingham.ac.uk
Research Fellow
Vishal Shah
RYAN HILL RYAN.HILL@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Research Fellow
James Osborne
Cody Doyle
NIALL HOLMES NIALL.HOLMES@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Mansfield Research Fellow
Sebastian C. Coleman
Dr KAREN MULLINGER KAREN.MULLINGER@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Professor RICHARD BOWTELL RICHARD.BOWTELL@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Physics
MATTHEW BROOKES MATTHEW.BROOKES@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Physics
Abstract
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 conventional instrumentation. However, when trying to measure signals at low frequency, higher levels of inherent sensor noise, magnetic interference and movement artefact introduce a significant challenge. Accurate characterisation of low frequency brain signals is important for neuroscientific, clinical, and paediatric MEG applications and consequently, demonstrating the viability of OPMs in this area is critical. Here, we undertake measurement of theta band (4–8 Hz) neural oscillations and contrast a newly developed 174 channel triaxial wearable OPM-MEG system with conventional (cryogenic-MEG) instrumentation. Our results show that visual steady state responses at 4 Hz, 6 Hz and 8 Hz can be recorded using OPM-MEG with a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) that is not significantly different to conventional MEG. Moreover, we measure frontal midline theta oscillations during a 2-back working memory task, again demonstrating comparable SNR for both systems. We show that individual differences in both the amplitude and spatial signature of induced frontal-midline theta responses are maintained across systems. Finally, we show that our OPM-MEG results could not have been achieved without a triaxial sensor array, or the use of postprocessing techniques. Our results demonstrate the viability of OPMs for characterising theta oscillations and add weight to the argument that OPMs can replace cryogenic sensors as the fundamental building block of MEG systems.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 11, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 12, 2023 |
Publication Date | May 1, 2023 |
Deposit Date | May 9, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | May 12, 2023 |
Journal | NeuroImage |
Print ISSN | 1053-8119 |
Electronic ISSN | 1095-9572 |
Publisher | Elsevier BV |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 271 |
Article Number | 120024 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120024 |
Keywords | Magnetoencephalography; Optically pumped magnetometers; Working memory; Neural oscillations; Theta oscillations; Low frequency |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/18529413 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811923001702?via%3Dihub |
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