Open AccessCorrespondence of event‐related potential tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging during language processing
Author(s) -
Vitacco Deborah,
Brandeis Daniel,
PascualMarqui Roberto,
Martin Ernst
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
human brain mapping
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.005
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1097-0193
pISSN - 1065-9471
DOI - 10.1002/hbm.10038
Subject(s) - precuneus , functional magnetic resonance imaging , middle temporal gyrus , psychology , neuroscience , superior frontal gyrus , middle frontal gyrus , precentral gyrus , inferior frontal gyrus , superior temporal gyrus , fusiform gyrus , medial frontal gyrus , lingual gyrus , limbic lobe , brain mapping , gyrus , inferior temporal gyrus , magnetic resonance imaging , temporal lobe , medicine , radiology , epilepsy
Combining event‐related potentials (ERP) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) may provide sufficient temporal and spatial resolution to clarify the functional connectivity of neural processes, provided both methods represent the same neural networks. The current study investigates the statistical correspondence of ERP tomography and fMRI within the common activity volume and time range in a complex visual language task. The results demonstrate that both methods represent similar neural networks within the bilateral occipital gyrus, lingual gyrus, precuneus and middle frontal gyrus, and the left inferior and superior parietal lobe, middle and superior temporal gyrus, cingulate gyrus, superior frontal gyrus and precentral gyrus. The mean correspondence of both methods over subjects was significant. On an individual basis, only half of the subjects showed significantly corresponding activity patterns, suggesting that a one‐to‐one correspondence between individual fMRI activation patterns and ERP source tomographies integrated over microstates cannot be assumed in all cases. Hum. Brain Mapping 17:4–12, 2002. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.