Das Diptyajit, Hämäläinen Matti S, Dykstra Andrew R, Rupp Andre, Gutschalk Alexander
Department of Neurology, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Espoo, Finland.
bioRxiv. 2025 Mar 25:2025.03.24.645008. doi: 10.1101/2025.03.24.645008.
Intracranial P3 activity in the hippocampus is a robust phenomenon, but it remains debated if this activity contributes to the extracranial P3. A second limbic P3 source was recently suggested in the retro-splenial cortex based on source analysis and fMRI. The present study tested if these sources could be confirmed by source modeling of a new data set. Combined magneto- and electroencephalography signals were recorded during a visual oddball paradigm. Observers were instructed to respond to rare targets of a deviant shape and ignore rare non-targets of a deviant color. Source analysis was based on noise-normalized minimum norm estimates in an individual, MRI-based cortical source space. Source analysis showed a strong P3 source in retrosplenial cortex. Further sources were observed in insular cortex and medial temporal lobe. The source configuration was similar for rare target and non-target stimuli. Simulations and further analyses show that the source in retrosplenial cortex is strongly attenuated in magnetoencephalography, whereas the source in medial temporal lobe and insula contribute to both recording modalities. These data further support a P3 generator in retrosplenial cortex. Moreover, previously suggested generators in insula and medial temporal lobe, most likely in the hippocampus, are confirmed. In summary, the source configuration presented here suggests that the P3 is confined to limbic circuits.
海马体中的颅内P3活动是一种显著现象,但这种活动是否对颅外P3有贡献仍存在争议。最近基于源分析和功能磁共振成像,在压后皮质中提出了第二个边缘系统P3源。本研究测试了这些源是否可以通过对新数据集的源建模得到证实。在视觉Oddball范式中记录了磁脑电图的组合信号。观察者被要求对形状异常的罕见目标做出反应,并忽略颜色异常的罕见非目标。源分析基于个体基于磁共振成像的皮质源空间中的噪声归一化最小范数估计。源分析显示压后皮质中有一个强大的P3源。在岛叶皮质和内侧颞叶中还观察到了其他源。罕见目标和非目标刺激的源配置相似。模拟和进一步分析表明,压后皮质中的源在脑磁图中强烈衰减,而内侧颞叶和岛叶中的源对两种记录方式都有贡献。这些数据进一步支持了压后皮质中的P3发生器。此外,先前在岛叶和内侧颞叶(很可能在海马体中)提出的发生器得到了证实。总之,这里呈现的源配置表明P3局限于边缘系统回路。