[HTML][HTML] Can MRI be used as a sensor to record neural activity?

BJ Roth - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Magnetic resonance provides exquisite anatomical images and functional MRI monitors
physiological activity by recording blood oxygenation. This review attempts to answer the …

Direct neural current imaging in an intact cerebellum with magnetic resonance imaging

P Sundaram, A Nummenmaa, W Wells, D Orbach… - Neuroimage, 2016 - Elsevier
The ability to detect neuronal currents with high spatiotemporal resolution using magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) is important for studying human brain function in both health and …

Toward direct MRI of neuro‐electro‐magnetic oscillations in the human brain

TK Truong, KC Roberts, MG Woldorff… - Magnetic resonance in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Neuroimaging techniques are widely used to investigate the function of the human
brain, but none are currently able to accurately localize neuronal activity with both high …

MRI signal phase oscillates with neuronal activity in cerebral cortex: implications for neuronal current imaging

J Du, V Vegh, DC Reutens - NeuroImage, 2014 - Elsevier
Neuronal activity produces transient ionic currents that may be detectable using magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI). We examined the feasibility of MRI-based detection of neuronal …

Detecting neuronal currents with MRI: a human study

J Huang - Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Recently developed neuronal current magnetic resonance imaging aims to directly
detect neuronal currents associated with brain activity, but controversial results have been …

Direct detection of optogenetically evoked oscillatory neuronal electrical activity in rats using SLOE sequence

Y Chai, G Bi, L Wang, F Xu, R Wu, X Zhou, B Qiu, H Lei… - NeuroImage, 2016 - Elsevier
The direct detection of neuronal electrical activity is one of the most challenging goals in non-
BOLD fMRI research. Previous work has demonstrated its feasibility in phantom and cell …

Detection of tiny oscillatory magnetic fields using low-field MRI: A combined phantom and simulation study

H Ueda, Y Ito, T Oida, Y Taniguchi… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2020 - Elsevier
We demonstrated the feasibility of the spin-lock preparation sequence using low-field
magnetic resonance (MR) imaging that prevents interference from blood-oxygenation-level …

Magnetic resonance imaging of ionic currents in solution: the effect of magnetohydrodynamic flow

M Balasubramanian, RV Mulkern… - Magnetic resonance …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Reliably detecting MRI signals in the brain that are more tightly coupled to neural
activity than blood‐oxygen‐level‐dependent fMRI signals could not only prove valuable for …

Octopus visual system: A functional MRI model for detecting neuronal electric currents without a blood‐oxygen‐level‐dependent confound

X Jiang, H Lu, S Shigeno, LH Tan… - Magnetic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Despite the efforts that have been devoted to detecting the transient magnetic fields
generated by neuronal firing, the conclusion that a functionally relevant signal can be …

Detection of nanotesla AC magnetic fields using steady-state SIRS and ultra-low field MRI

B Sveinsson, N Koonjoo, B Zhu, T Witzel… - Journal of Neural …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is commonly used to measure
brain activity through the blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal mechanism, but this …