Effects of intensity variation on human auditory evoked magnetic fields. 1995

J P Vasama, and J P Mäkelä, and S O Tissari, and M S Hämäläinen
Low Temperature Laboratory (LTL), Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland.

We recorded auditory evoked magnetic fields from 6 healthy subjects with a 122-channel whole-head neuromagnetometer. The stimuli were 200-ms 1-kHz tones delivered at 4 different intensities (40, 50, 60, and 65 dB HL). The tones were given once every second, binaurally in the first session, and monaurally to each ear in the second one. The four intensities were presented randomly and equiprobably within a single sequence. In both stimulus conditions, the 100-ms response (N100m) decreased in latency and increased in amplitude as a function of intensity in both hemispheres. No systematic dependence was found between stimulus intensity and the N100m source location in the auditory cortex. Our study illustrates a noninvasive method to examine the functional properties of human auditory cortex, allowing simultaneous comparison between signals arising from both hemispheres.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008280 Magnetics The study of MAGNETIC PHENOMENA. Magnetic
D008297 Male Males
D005072 Evoked Potentials, Auditory The electric response evoked in the CEREBRAL CORTEX by ACOUSTIC STIMULATION or stimulation of the AUDITORY PATHWAYS. Auditory Evoked Potentials,Auditory Evoked Response,Auditory Evoked Potential,Auditory Evoked Responses,Evoked Potential, Auditory,Evoked Response, Auditory,Evoked Responses, Auditory,Potentials, Auditory Evoked
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000161 Acoustic Stimulation Use of sound to elicit a response in the nervous system. Auditory Stimulation,Stimulation, Acoustic,Stimulation, Auditory
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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