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Abstract #0102

Magnetic resonance recording of local neuronal firings (mrLNF) in the human brain: A proof of concept

Yongxian Qian1, Karthik Lakshmanan1, Anli Liu2, Yvonne W. Lui1, and Fernando E. Boada1
1Radiology, New York University, New York, NY, United States, 2Neurology, New York University, New York, NY, United States

Neurons are firing when emitting action potentials to communicate with each other. Action potentials generate fast electric currents (~2ms duration) across membrane and slow ones (~10–100ms) at postsynaptic side. These currents generate electric and magnetic fields detectable by scalp EEG and MEG, respectively. They detect the fields relatively far away (~20mm) from firing sources and are only sensitive to slow, easily-synchronized postsynaptic currents. Here we propose a new approach termed as magnetic resonance recording of local neuronal firings (mrLNF) that has a very high temporal resolution (0.25ms) and can non-invasively detect fast and slow neuronal currents at the firing sources.

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