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Wang, Zhiyan ; Babu, Savanna ; Beck, Nina ; Frank, Sebastian M.

Real‐Time Neurofeedback Training to Modulate Glutamate‐Glutamine Concentration Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

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Wang, Zhiyan , Babu, Savanna, Beck, Nina und Frank, Sebastian M. (2026) Real‐Time Neurofeedback Training to Modulate Glutamate‐Glutamine Concentration Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. NMR in Biomedicine 39 (11), e70399.

DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.80795


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Neurofeedback training is a procedure in which participants learn to modulate brain activity through their own efforts. Here, we designed a real-time neurofeedback training using functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy (fMRS) to modulate the concentration of glutamate, a major excitatory neurotransmitter, and its precursor glutamine (collectively referred to as Glx) in a volume-of-interest ...

Neurofeedback training is a procedure in which participants learn to modulate brain activity through their own efforts. Here, we designed a real-time neurofeedback training using functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy (fMRS) to modulate the concentration of glutamate, a major excitatory neurotransmitter, and its precursor glutamine (collectively referred to as Glx) in a volume-of-interest (VOI) located in the occipital lobes. During an induction phase participants employed a self-selected strategy to increase or decrease Glx concentration relative to a reference concentration measured prior to neurofeedback training. Participants were informed about their performance after the induction phase by displaying a disk in green for success or red for failure. The disk size indicated the magnitude of success or failure. The procedure was repeated over the course of 30 trials. Participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 participants per group). The experimental group received veridical feedback about their success or failure in the induction phase. The control group received random feedback. Glx concentration in the VOI was measured using 2-s-long consecutive Point RESolved Spectroscopy (PRESS) scans in a 3-Tesla MRI scanner. The results showed that depending on group assignment, participants in the experimental group learned to increase or decrease Glx concentration over the course of training. No significant changes in Glx concentration were observed in the control group. These findings suggest that, with the help of veridical performance feedback, participants learned to modulate Glx concentration in the VOI in the desired direction over a relatively short period of time. fMRS-based neurofeedback training may complement existing neurofeedback approaches by targeting neurotransmitter-related processes.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftNMR in Biomedicine
VerlagWiley
Open Access ArtDEAL (Wiley)
Band39
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels11
Seitenbereiche70399
Datum21 September 2026
Veröffentlichungsdatum25 Sep 2026 08:57
InstitutionenHumanwissenschaften > Institut für Psychologie
Projekte
Gefördert von: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (491290285)
Identifikationsnummer
WertTyp
10.1002/nbm.70399DOI
Stichwörter / Keywordsexcitatory processing | functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy | glutamate | glutamine | Glx | human participants | neurofeedback |occipital lobes | point resolved spectroscopy | training
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-807957
Dokumenten-ID80795

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