Motor Systems | Neuroimaging | Movement Disorders
Making EMG recordings during fMRI work: experiences from fundamental and applied studies of the motor system
NM Maurits*, RJ Renken, JH van der Hoeven, AF van Rootselaar
*Corresponding author: NM Maurits
Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
F1000Posters 2012, 3: 1533 (poster) [English]
Poster [2.19 MB]
Presented at
Trinity College Dublin Seminar 2012,
19 Jun 2012, P000
The (dys)functioning motor system provides a challenging system to study. For a thorough understanding of the human motor system simultaneous measurements of as many involved subsystems as possible would be a great advantage.
Use EMG to relate superfluous movements to brain activity. Calculate residual EMG by extracting the deviation from mean task-related EMG and add this as regressor to the GLM.
Simultaneous EMG-fMRI recordings and integrated EMG-fMRI analyses have additional value over fMRI alone. These methods will facilitate future studies of movement disorders. In particular, in combination with other MR-compatible physiological recordings, applications are to be expected in studies of patients with spontaneous pathological movements, such as tremor, myoclonus, dystonia, chorea and Parkinson’s disease.
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