neural imaging ii: imaging brain function ana 516: february 13, 2007 jane e. joseph, phd
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Neural Imaging II: Imaging Brain Function
ANA 516:
February 13, 2007
Jane E. Joseph, PhD
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Outline
• Physiological Basis of functional MRI (fMRI)
• Experimental Design and Data Analysis Issues
• Brief survey of fMRI studies in animals (mostly)
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What is fMRI?
One of a number of brain imaging techniques that reveal some dynamic, in vivo aspect of brain function.
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What is fMRI?S
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Temporal resolution
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What is fMRI?
• An INDIRECT measure of neural activity
• Measures relative concentrations of de-oxygenated blood
• Don’t need any contrast agents or radiation
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Brief History of MRI / fMRI
• 1890 -- Roy and Sherrington postulated that changes in activity associated with brain function would lead to increases in blood flow in those regions
• 1945 – Bloch and Purcell share the Nobel prize for their work with magnetic resonance
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Brief History of fMRI
• 1990 – Ogawa, et al. showed that MR images could be used to detect changes in blood oxygenation in vivo (in mouse brain)
• 1991 – First human fMRI studies
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fMRI vs Other techniquesNon-invasive which makes it ideal for:
(1) developmental studies (kids can go in MRI scanner)
(2) longitudinal studies (kids / people can go in multiple
times)(3) aging studies
Widely available (c.f. PET, TMS)
No known health risks (c.f. PET)
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fMRI vs Other techniques
fMRI is NOT a good choice in certain situations:
• Many surgical implants cannot go in MRI scanner
• Presence of metal in body (or on body – tattoos, makeup)
• To measure neurotransmitters (use spectroscopy or PET)
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fMRI vs Other techniques
fMRI is NOT a good choice in certain situations:
• Claustrophobia• To study gross motor behavior• Certain patient populations with
movement disorders (e.g PD)
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Structural v. Functional MRI
POSTERIORPOSTERIOR
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What is the physiological process or event that contributes to contrast in a functional image? POSTERIOR
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Want to measure some aspect of neural activity, but fMRI does not do this directly
Instead, fMRI is based on changes in oxygen consumption and blood flow, which are indirectly related to neural activity
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Excitatory post-synaptic potentials (EPSPs), Inhibitory post-synaptic potentials (IPSPs), and Action potentials (APs) are not very metabolically demanding
But the return to resting state does require energy!
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How is blood flow related to neural activity?
Increased neural activity causes release of vasoactive substances, which cause vessels (arterioles) to dilate – these effects can occur locally and upstream from the activity
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How are these physiological changes measured with MRI?
Deoxygenated hemoglobin (dHb) is paramagnetic (e.g. has unpaired electrons) due to losing O2 molecules
dHb disrupts the magnetic field locally (dephasing spins shorten T2*)
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More dHb loss of MR signal
Pure O2 (100%)
20% O2
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oxygenated blood
de-oxygenated blood
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oxygenated blood
de-oxygenated blood
magnetic field gradient
De-oxy hemoglobin disrupts magnetic field and causes a signal loss
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oxygenated blood
de-oxygenated blood
magnetic field gradient
Surplus of oxy hemogolobin relatively lower concentration of deoxy hemoglobin in active regions
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oxygenated blood
de-oxygenated blood
magnetic field gradient
Less decrement in signal (OR small increments in signal) at activated sites
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Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent Contrast (BOLD):
1. dHb is paramagnetic
2. Surplus of oxygenated blood at sites of activation
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Early fMRI studies (Belliveau, et al. 1991)
Look at blank screen
Look at flashing checkerboard pattern
This study not based on BOLD but used contrast !!!!
Subtract Image A from Image B
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First BOLD fMRI studies (Kwong, et al. 1992)
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First BOLD fMRI studies (Kwong, et al. 1992)
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First BOLD fMRI studies (Blamire, et al. 1992)
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Blamire, et al. (1992) showed that the BOLD response is delayed relative to the neural events associated with stimulus presentation (hemodynamic lag)
we are not measuring neural processes directly
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BOLD response is related to neural activity (even though it is delayed)
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A typical hemodynamic response (HDR):
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POSTERIOR
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A typical functional brain activation map
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Talairach Atlas (Talairach & Tournoux, 1988)
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posterior
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inferior
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-z Anterior commissure
Posterior commissure
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Brodmann’s Areas (Brodmann, 1909)Lateral Surface Primary Sensory:
- Visual (17)
- Auditory (41)
- Motor (4)
- Somatosensory (1,2,3)
Secondary:
- Visual (18)
- Auditory (42)
Association:
- Visual (19, 37)
- Auditory (22)
- Somatosensory (5)
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Brodmann’s Areas (Brodmann, 1909)Medial Surface
Primary Sensory:
- Olfactory (28, 38)
Association:
- Limbic (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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Experimental Design and Data Analysis Issues
• Technique constraints
• Limitations on experimental designs
• Advantages of fMRI
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Technique Constraints
• BOLD signal ~= neuronal activity
• Poor temporal resolution
• No information about temporal order of events
• Spatial resolution
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Limitations on Experimental Design
• No ferrous magnetic materials in scanner• Use tasks that minimize amount of movement
(gross motor tasks, speaking?)• Auditory stimulus presentation may be
masked by scanner noise• Limits on length of experiments (hardware
limitations and subject comfort)• Subtraction Technique
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Limitations on Experimental Design
• Subtraction Technique:
– Must have a baseline condition with which to compare an experimental condition
– May also have a control condition (or several)
– What is a good baseline condition?
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Advantages of fMRI
• Can do repeated measures learning, practice, intervention, recovery of function
• Can test pediatric populations developmental, longitudinal and aging studies
• Can look at individual-subject activation patterns
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Some applications
• Imaging brain function in animals
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Zhang et al. (2006). NeuroImage, 33, 636-643
Pharmacological MRI (phMRI) in MPTP lesioned rhesus monkeys
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Functional MRI (fMRI) in alert, unanesthetized rhesus monkeys
Joseph et al. (2006). Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 157, 10-24
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Both monkeys showed novelty detection effects in the amygdala (only 1 monkey shown here)
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BOLD imaging of spinal cord in rats
Lilja et al. (2006). The Journal of Neuroscience, 26, 6330-6336
Hindlimb electrical stimulation dorsal column activity on the ipsilateral side
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BOLD imaging of spinal cord in humans
Stracke et al. (2005). Neuroradiology, 47, 127-143
Stimulate different fingers dorsal column activity in different dermatomes
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MRI of insect brains!
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