Magnetoencephalography (MEG)

The MEG/EEG facility is equipped with a state-of-the-art 306-channel planar dc-SQUID Neuromag Vectorview MEG system that allows noninvasive spatiotemporal mapping of human brain activity. The Neuromag system, comprising 306 MEG channels (2 planar gradiometers and a magnetometer at each of 102 sites) and 128 EEG channels, is located in an Imedco magnetically shielded room, with a shielding factor of approximately 250,000 at 1Hz.

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a noninvasive technique used to measure magnetic fields generated by small intracellular electrical currents in neurons of the brain. In this way MEG can provide direct information about the dynamics of evoked and spontaneous neural activity and the location of their sources in the brain.