High-frequency brain activity and muscle artifacts in MEG/EEG: A review and recommendations

Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7042-3920 2013. High-frequency brain activity and muscle artifacts in MEG/EEG: A review and recommendations. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 7 , 138. 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00138

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Abstract

In recent years high-frequency brain activity in the gamma-frequency band (30–80 Hz) and above has become the focus of a growing body of work in MEG/EEG research. Unfortunately, high-frequency neural activity overlaps entirely with the spectral bandwidth of muscle activity (~20–300 Hz). It is becoming appreciated that artifacts of muscle activity may contaminate a number of non-invasive reports of high-frequency activity. In this review, the spectral, spatial, and temporal characteristics of muscle artifacts are compared with those described (so far) for high-frequency neural activity. In addition, several of the techniques that are being developed to help suppress muscle artifacts in MEG/EEG are reviewed. Suggestions are made for the collection, analysis, and presentation of experimental data with the aim of reducing the number of publications in the future that may contain muscle artifacts.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	high-frequency activity, muscle artifacts, gamma-band activity, magnetoencephalography, electroencephalography
Publisher:	Frontiers Research Foundation
ISSN:	1662-5161
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	06 May 2023 00:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/46811

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