Localizing Sites of Activation in Primary Visual Cortex Using Visual-Evoked Potentials and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Summary: This study compared retinotopic map identification in primary visual cortex (V1) using: (i) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and (ii) visual evoked potentials (VEPs) coupled with dipole source localization (DSL). A multielectrode array was used to record VEPs while subjects viewed a flickering dartboard pattern modulated by a 16-bit m-sequence. The stimulus preferentially activates V1. Using a common time function DSL algorithm, the primary source of each stimulus patch was found independent of the fMRI. The VEP/DSL and fMRI localization data for each subject were aligned by a rigid translation and rotation. The average distance between VEP and corresponding fMRI sources was 10.8 mm ± 3.8 mm. To assess the significance of the results, fMRI and DSL solutions were scrambled so the comparisons were no longer for corresponding patches. The average distance between the noncorresponding data sets was 17.2 mm for 50 million scrambles. The probability of the scrambled data yielding a better fit than the real data was p < 10−7. The combination of multielectrode recording, multiinput visual stimulation and common time function DSL analysis can provide a detailed retinotopic map of visual cortex that has high correspondence with independent fMRI localization analysis on the same subject.

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