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Post-Task Responses following Working Memory and Movement are Driven by Transient Spectral Bursts with Similar Characteristics (2024)
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Coleman, S. C., Seedat, Z. A., Pakenham, D. O., Quinn, A. J., Brookes, M. J., Woolrich, M. W., & Mullinger, K. J. (in press). Post-Task Responses following Working Memory and Movement are Driven by Transient Spectral Bursts with Similar Characteristics. Human Brain Mapping,

The post-movement beta rebound has been studied extensively using magnetoencephalography (MEG) and is reliably modulated by various task parameters as well as illness. Our recent study showed that rebounds, which we generalise as “post-task responses... Read More about Post-Task Responses following Working Memory and Movement are Driven by Transient Spectral Bursts with Similar Characteristics.

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., …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.

Beyond the Beta Rebound: Post-Task Responses in Oscillatory Activity follow Cessation of Working Memory Processes (2022)
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Coleman, S. C., Seedat, Z. A., Whittaker, A. C., Lenartowicz, A., & Mullinger, K. J. (2023). Beyond the Beta Rebound: Post-Task Responses in Oscillatory Activity follow Cessation of Working Memory Processes. NeuroImage, 265, Article 119801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119801

Post-task responses (PTRs) are transitionary responses occurring for several seconds between the end of a stimulus/task and a period of rest. The most well-studied of these are beta band (13 – 30 Hz) PTRs in motor networks following movement, often c... Read More about Beyond the Beta Rebound: Post-Task Responses in Oscillatory Activity follow Cessation of Working Memory Processes.

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., …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.

Across the adult lifespan the ipsilateral sensorimotor cortex negative BOLD response exhibits decreases in magnitude and spatial extent suggesting declining inhibitory control (2022)
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Mayhew, S. D., Coleman, S. C., & Mullinger, K. J. (2022). Across the adult lifespan the ipsilateral sensorimotor cortex negative BOLD response exhibits decreases in magnitude and spatial extent suggesting declining inhibitory control. NeuroImage, 253, Article 119081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119081

Ipsilateral sensorimotor (iSM1) cortex negative BOLD responses (NBR) are observed to unilateral tasks and are thought to reflect a functionally relevant component of sensorimotor inhibition. Evidence suggests that sensorimotor inhibitory mechanisms d... Read More about Across the adult lifespan the ipsilateral sensorimotor cortex negative BOLD response exhibits decreases in magnitude and spatial extent suggesting declining inhibitory control.

Measuring resting cerebral haemodynamics using MRI arterial spin labelling and transcranial Doppler ultrasound: comparison in younger and older adults (2021)
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Burley, C. V., Francis, S. T., Whittaker, A. C., Mullinger, K. J., & Lucas, S. J. E. (2021). Measuring resting cerebral haemodynamics using MRI arterial spin labelling and transcranial Doppler ultrasound: comparison in younger and older adults. Brain and Behavior, 11(7), Article e02126. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2126

Introduction: Resting cerebral blood flow (CBF) and perfusion measures have been used to determine brain health. Studies showing variation in resting CBF with age and fitness level using different imaging approaches have produced mixed findings. We a... Read More about Measuring resting cerebral haemodynamics using MRI arterial spin labelling and transcranial Doppler ultrasound: comparison in younger and older adults.

Contrasting Measures of Cerebrovascular Reactivity Between MRI and Doppler: A Cross-Sectional Study of Younger and Older Healthy Individuals (2021)
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Burley, C. V., Francis, S. T., Thomas, K. N., Whittaker, A. C., Lucas, S. J., & Mullinger, K. J. (2021). Contrasting Measures of Cerebrovascular Reactivity Between MRI and Doppler: A Cross-Sectional Study of Younger and Older Healthy Individuals. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, Article 656746. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.656746

Cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) is used as an outcome measure of brain health. Traditionally, lower CVR is associated with ageing, poor fitness and brain-related conditions (e.g. stroke, dementia). Indeed, CVR is suggested as a biomarker for disease... Read More about Contrasting Measures of Cerebrovascular Reactivity Between MRI and Doppler: A Cross-Sectional Study of Younger and Older Healthy Individuals.

Regional Brain Correlates of Beta Bursts in Health and Psychosis: A Concurrent Electroencephalography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study (2020)
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Briley, P. M., Liddle, E. B., Simmonite, M., Jansen, M., White, T. P., Balain, V., …Liddle, P. F. (2021). Regional Brain Correlates of Beta Bursts in Health and Psychosis: A Concurrent Electroencephalography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 6(12), 1145-1156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.10.018

Background: There is emerging evidence for abnormal beta oscillations in psychosis. Beta oscillations are likely to play a key role in the coordination of sensorimotor information that is crucial to healthy mental function. Growing evidence suggests... Read More about Regional Brain Correlates of Beta Bursts in Health and Psychosis: A Concurrent Electroencephalography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

The CO2?stimulus duration and steady?state time?point used for data extraction alters the cerebrovascular reactivity outcome measure (2020)
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Burley, C. V., Lucas, R. A., Whittaker, A. C., Mullinger, K., & Lucas, S. J. (2020). The CO2?stimulus duration and steady?state time?point used for data extraction alters the cerebrovascular reactivity outcome measure. Experimental Physiology, 105(5), 893-903. https://doi.org/10.1113/ep087883

Cerebrovascular reactivity to carbon dioxide (CVR) is a common functional test to assess brain vascular health, though conflicting age and fitness effects have been reported. Studies have used different CO2 -stimulus durations to induce CVR and extra... Read More about The CO2?stimulus duration and steady?state time?point used for data extraction alters the cerebrovascular reactivity outcome measure.

Alpha/beta power decreases track the fidelity of stimulus-specific information (2019)
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Griffiths, B. J., Mayhew, S. D., Mullinger, K. J., Jorge, J., Charest, I., Wimber, M., & Hanslmayr, S. (2019). Alpha/beta power decreases track the fidelity of stimulus-specific information. eLife, 8, https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.49562

© 2019, Griffiths et al. Massed synchronised neuronal firing is detrimental to information processing. When networks of task-irrelevant neurons fire in unison, they mask the signal generated by task-critical neurons. On a macroscopic level, such sync... Read More about Alpha/beta power decreases track the fidelity of stimulus-specific information.

Post-stimulus beta responses are modulated by task duration (2019)
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Pakenham, D. O., Quinn, A. J., Fry, A., Francis, S. T., Woolrich, M. W., Brookes, M. J., & Mullinger, K. J. (2020). Post-stimulus beta responses are modulated by task duration. NeuroImage, 206, Article 116288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116288

Modulation of beta-band neural oscillations during and following movement is a robust marker of brain function. In particular, the post-movement beta rebound (PMBR), which occurs on movement cessation, has been related to inhibition and connectivity... Read More about Post-stimulus beta responses are modulated by task duration.

Addressing challenges of high spatial resolution UHF fMRI for group analysis of higher?order cognitive tasks: An inter?sensory task directing attention between visual and somatosensory domains (2018)
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Aquino, K. M., Sokoliuk, R., Pakenham, D., Sanchez-Panchuelo, R. M., Hanslmayr, S., Mayhew, S. D., …Francis, S. T. (2019). Addressing challenges of high spatial resolution UHF fMRI for group analysis of higher‐order cognitive tasks: An inter‐sensory task directing attention between visual and somatosensory domains. Human Brain Mapping, 40(4), 1298-1316. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24450

Functional MRI at ultra-high field (UHF, ?7T) provides significant increases in BOLD contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) compared with conventional field strength (3T), and has been exploited for reduced field-of-view, high spatial resolution mapping of pr... Read More about Addressing challenges of high spatial resolution UHF fMRI for group analysis of higher?order cognitive tasks: An inter?sensory task directing attention between visual and somatosensory domains.

Addressing challenges of high spatial resolution, UHF field fMRI for group analysis of higher-order cognitive tasks; an inter-sensory task directing attention between visual and somatosensory domains (2018)
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Aquino, K. M., Sokoliuk, R., Pakenham, D., Sanchez, R., Hanslmayr, S., Mayhew, S., …Francis, S. (2019). Addressing challenges of high spatial resolution, UHF field fMRI for group analysis of higher-order cognitive tasks; an inter-sensory task directing attention between visual and somatosensory domains

Changes in electrophysiological markers of cognitive control after administration of galantamine (2018)
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Robson, S. E., Gascoyne, L. E., Mullinger, K. J., Robson, S., Kumar, J., O'Neill, G. C., …Liddle, P. F. (2018). Changes in electrophysiological markers of cognitive control after administration of galantamine. NeuroImage: Clinical, 20, 228-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2018.07.019

© 2018 The healthy brain is able to maintain a stable balance between bottom-up sensory processing and top-down cognitive control. The neurotransmitter acetylcholine plays a substantial role in this. Disruption of this balance could contribute to sym... Read More about Changes in electrophysiological markers of cognitive control after administration of galantamine.

Relationships Between Neuronal Oscillatory Amplitude and Dynamic Functional Connectivity (2018)
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Tewarie, P., Hunt, B. A. E., O'Neill, G. C., Byrne, A., Aquino, K., Bauer, M., …Brookes, M. J. (2018). Relationships Between Neuronal Oscillatory Amplitude and Dynamic Functional Connectivity. Cerebral Cortex, 29(6), 2668-2681. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhy136

Event related fluctuations of neural oscillatory amplitude are reported widely in the context of cognitive processing and are typically interpreted as a marker of brain ‘activity’. However, the precise nature of these effects remains unclear; in part... Read More about Relationships Between Neuronal Oscillatory Amplitude and Dynamic Functional Connectivity.

Moving magnetoencephalography towards real-world applications with a wearable system (2018)
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Boto, E., Holmes, N., Leggett, J., Roberts, G., Shah, V., Meyer, S. S., …Brookes, M. J. (2018). Moving magnetoencephalography towards real-world applications with a wearable system. Nature, 555, 657-661. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature26147

Imaging human brain function with techniques such as magnetoencephalography1 (MEG) typically requires a subject to perform tasks whilst their head remains still within a restrictive scanner. This artificial environment makes the technique inaccessibl... Read More about Moving magnetoencephalography towards real-world applications with a wearable system.

Exploring the origins of EEG motion artefacts during simultaneous fMRI acquisition: implications for motion artefact correction (2018)
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Spencer, G. S., Smith, J. A., Chowdhury, M. E., Bowtell, R. W., & Mullinger, K. J. (in press). Exploring the origins of EEG motion artefacts during simultaneous fMRI acquisition: implications for motion artefact correction. NeuroImage, 173, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.02.034

Motion artefacts (MAs) are induced within EEG data collected simultaneously with fMRI when the subject’s head rotates relative to the magnetic field. The effects of these artefacts have generally been ameliorated by removing periods of data during wh... Read More about Exploring the origins of EEG motion artefacts during simultaneous fMRI acquisition: implications for motion artefact correction.

Exploring the advantages of multiband fMRI with simultaneous EEG to investigate coupling between gamma frequency neural activity and the BOLD response in humans (2018)
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Uji, M., Wilson, R., Francis, S. T., Mullinger, K. J., & Mayhew, S. D. (2018). Exploring the advantages of multiband fMRI with simultaneous EEG to investigate coupling between gamma frequency neural activity and the BOLD response in humans. Human Brain Mapping, 39(4), 1673-1687. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23943

We established an optimal combination of EEG recording during sparse multiband (MB) fMRI that preserves high resolution, whole brain fMRI coverage whilst enabling broad-band EEG recordings which are uncorrupted by MRI gradient artefacts (GAs). We fir... Read More about Exploring the advantages of multiband fMRI with simultaneous EEG to investigate coupling between gamma frequency neural activity and the BOLD response in humans.

Decoding fMRI events in sensorimotor motor network using sparse paradigm free mapping and activation likelihood estimates: Decoding fMRI Events in SMN (2017)
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Tan, F. M., Caballero-Gaudes, C., Mullinger, K. J., Cho, S., Zhang, Y., Dryden, I. L., …Gowland, P. A. (2017). Decoding fMRI events in sensorimotor motor network using sparse paradigm free mapping and activation likelihood estimates: Decoding fMRI Events in SMN. Human Brain Mapping, 38(11), 5778-5794. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23767

Most functional MRI (fMRI) studies map task-driven brain activity using a block or event-related paradigm. Sparse paradigm free mapping (SPFM) can detect the onset and spatial distribution of BOLD events in the brain without prior timing information,... Read More about Decoding fMRI events in sensorimotor motor network using sparse paradigm free mapping and activation likelihood estimates: Decoding fMRI Events in SMN.

Spatiotemporal neural characterization of prediction error valence and surprise during reward learning in humans (2017)
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Fouragnan, E., Queirazza, F., Retzler, C., Mullinger, K. J., & Philiastides, M. G. (in press). Spatiotemporal neural characterization of prediction error valence and surprise during reward learning in humans. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 4762. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04507-w

Reward learning depends on accurate reward associations with potential choices. These associations can be attained with reinforcement learning mechanisms using a reward prediction error (RPE) signal (the difference between actual and expected rewards... Read More about Spatiotemporal neural characterization of prediction error valence and surprise during reward learning in humans.