Title
Direct detection of optogenetically evoked oscillatory neuronal electrical activity in rats using SLOE sequence.
Abstract
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 culture studies, but attempts in in vivo studies remain few and far between. Most recent in vivo studies used T2*-weighted sequences to directly detect neuronal electrical activity evoked by sensory stimulus. As neuronal electrical signal is usually comprised of a series of spectrally distributed oscillatory waveforms rather than being a direct current, it is most likely to be detected using oscillatory current sensitive sequences. In this study, we explored the potential of using the spin-lock oscillatory excitation (SLOE) sequence with spiral readout to directly detect optogenetically evoked oscillatory neuronal electrical activity, whose main spectral component can be manipulated artificially to match the resonance frequency of spin-lock RF field. In addition, experiments using the stimulus-induced rotary saturation (SIRS) sequence with spiral readout were also performed. Electrophysiological recording and MRI data acquisition were conducted on separate animals. Robust optogenetically evoked oscillatory LFP signals were observed and significant BOLD signals were acquired with the GE-EPI sequence before and after the whole SLOE and SIRS acquisitions, but no significant neuronal current MRI (ncMRI) signal changes were detected. These results indicate that the sensitivity of oscillatory current sensitive sequences needs to be further improved for direct detection of neuronal electrical activity.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.10.058
NeuroImage
Keywords
Field
DocType
Neuronal current,Neuronal electrical activity,Oscillatory current,Spin-lock,Functional MRI,Optogenetics
Brain mapping,Direct current,Spectral component,Neuroscience,Signal,Optogenetics,Imaging phantom,Psychology,Stimulus (physiology),Electrophysiology
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
125
1053-8119
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
10
10
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yuhui Chai100.34
Guo-Qiang Bi2306.27
Liping Wang362.27
Fuqiang Xu4234.84
Ruiqi Wu530.78
Xin Zhou6194.80
Bensheng Qiu7116.59
Hao Lei800.34
Yaoyu Zhang900.34
Jia-Hong Gao10328.81