Title
Coupling between somatosensory evoked potentials and hemodynamic response in the rat.
Abstract
We studied the relationship between somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) recorded with scalp electroencephalography (EEG) and hemoglobin responses recorded non-invasively with diffuse optical imaging (DOI) during parametrically varied electrical forepaw stimulation in rats. Using these macroscopic techniques we verified that the hemodynamic response is not linearly coupled to the somatosensory evoked potentials, and that a power or threshold law best describes the coupling between SEP and the hemoglobin response, in agreement with the results of most invasive studies. We decompose the SEP response in three components (P1, N1, and P2) to determine which best predicts the hemoglobin response. We found that N1 and P2 predict the hemoglobin response significantly better than P1 and the input stimuli (S). Previous electrophysiology studies reported in the literature show that P1 originates in layer IV directly from thalamocortical afferents, while N1 and P2 originate in layers I and II and reflect the majority of local cortico–cortical interactions. Our results suggest that the evoked hemoglobin response is driven by the cortical synaptic activity and not by direct thalamic input. The N1 and P2 components, and not P1, need to be considered to correctly interpret neurovascular coupling.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.061
NeuroImage
Keywords
Field
DocType
hemodynamic response,optical imaging,somatosensory evoked potential,hemodynamics,electroencephalography
Diffuse optical imaging,Neuroscience,Haemodynamic response,Somatosensory evoked potential,Psychology,Scalp,Stimulus (physiology),Stimulation,Electrophysiology,Electroencephalography
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
41
2
1053-8119
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
1.07
8
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maria Angela Franceschini18612.44
Ilkka Nissilä2202.57
W. Wu39611.26
Solomon G Diamond4132.57
Giorgio Bonmassar515933.51
David A. Boas666372.57