Focal frontal (de)oxyhemoglobin responses during simple arithmetic

被引:85
作者
Pfurtscheller, Gert [1 ]
Bauernfeind, Guenther [1 ]
Wriessnegger, Selina Christin [1 ]
Neuper, Christa [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Graz Univ Technol, Inst Knowledge Discovery, Lab Brain Comp Interfaces, A-8010 Graz, Austria
[2] Graz Univ, Dept Psychol, A-8010 Graz, Austria
关键词
Hemodynamic response; Prefrontal cortex; Mental arithmetic; (De)oxyhemoglobin change; Near-infrared spectroscopy (MRS); Multi-channel NIRS; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RESTING-STATE NETWORKS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; HEMOGLOBIN OXYGENATION; OXIDATIVE-METABOLISM; PARIETAL CORTEX; BRAIN; ACTIVATION; IMAGERY; SYNCHRONIZATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.03.013
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a functional brain imaging method able to study hemodynamic changes during cortical activation. We studied the changes of oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin ([oxy-Hb],[deoxy-Hb]) with a 52-channel NIRS system during simple mental arithmetic in ten healthy volunteers over the prefrontal cortex. We found that eight of the ten subjects showed a relative focal bilateral increase of [oxy-Hb] in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in parallel with a decrease in the medial area of the anterior prefrontal cortex (APFC). The [oxy-Hb] response in left DLPFC and APFC was significant, while the [deoxy-Hb] response was clearly smaller and not significant. These observations were discussed within the context of "focal activation/surround deactivation". (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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