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Papers by A. Maki

Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue III, 1999

ABSTRACT A recently developed 24-channel optical topography (OT) system, that uses intensity-modu... more ABSTRACT A recently developed 24-channel optical topography (OT) system, that uses intensity-modulated near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) at wavelength of 780 nm and 830 nm can be used to visualize spatiotemporal changes of blood oxygenation states in human brain caused by cortical activity. We have used this system to estimate the hemodynamic changes during a language function task. To stimulate language function in the brain, we had a subject perform a writing task, which is more demanding than a speaking task. The subject, who was relaxed and sitting in a chair, was shown a card with a picture of an object for 3 seconds. During the 3 seconds, the subject wrote down the name of the object. The task was repeated 30 times, so the total stimulation period was 90 seconds. As a control task, the subject was shown figures with no meaning and drew each figure. The control task was performed as pre-stimulation for 60 seconds and as post-stimulation for 70 seconds, respectively. The subject rested for 30 seconds between post-stimulation and pre-stimulation. We observed a significant increase in the blood volume, which is proportional to the total change in the oxy-hemoglobin and deoxy-hemoglobin concentrations in the spatiotemporal topographic images in the area corresponding to Broca's area.

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Rinshō shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology, 2001

The simultaneous position encoding method for optical topography was developed. Each channel has ... more The simultaneous position encoding method for optical topography was developed. Each channel has dual-wavelength optics to separately determine the changes in oxy-hemoglobin and deoxy-hemoglobin concentrations around their isobestic points at 805 nm. Part of the incident light penetrates the scalp and skull and is reflected from brain tissues including the cerebral cortex. Any change in the light extinction is mainly due to changes in the oxy-hemoglobin and/or the deoxy-hemoglobin concentration during the activation of a functional area linked to a neuronal activity. Unlike conventional functional imaging methodologies, it can be used for behavioral studies because the flexible optical fibers allow a subject to move, and a very light and compact system can be made. Noninvasive dynamic optical topography has a wide variety of applications from basic science to clinical medicine. Several applications, such as the study of the Broca and Wernicke language areas, the assessment of the do...

Optical Sensing, Imaging, and Manipulation for Biological and Biomedical Applications, 2000

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2001

Physical Review Letters, 2011

We present a new result based on an analysis of the data collected by the MEG detector at the Pau... more We present a new result based on an analysis of the data collected by the MEG detector at the Paul Scherrer Institut in 2009 and 2010, in search of the lepton-flavor-violating decay μ(+)e(+)γ. The likelihood analysis of the combined data sample, which corresponds to a total of 1.8×10(14) muon decays, gives a 90% C.L. upper limit of 2.4×10(-12) on the branching ratio of the μ(+)→e(+)γ decay, constituting the most stringent limit on the existence of this decay to date.

Nuclear Physics B, 2010

A search for the decay mu -&a... more A search for the decay mu -> e gamma, performed at PSI and based on data from the initial three months of operation of the MEG experiment, yields an upper limit on the branching ratio of BR(mu -> e gamma) < 2.8 x 10**-11 (90% C.L.). This corresponds to the measurement of positrons and photons from ~ 10**14 stopped mu-decays

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2003

The development of a liquid-xenon photon detector is in progress for an experiment searching for ... more The development of a liquid-xenon photon detector is in progress for an experiment searching for μ+→e+γ at Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI). The detector utilizes liquid xenon as a scintillation material. The scintillation light is observed by photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) immersed in a liquid. An energy resolution of 0.76% is reasonably expected for 52.8MeVγ rays from results obtained with a first

Neuroscience Letters, 1996

Neuroscience Letters, 2000

Medical Physics, 2001

The precision of noninvasive optical measurement of the concentration changes in oxy-, deoxy-, an... more The precision of noninvasive optical measurement of the concentration changes in oxy-, deoxy-, and total-hemoglobin depends on wavelength. For estimating the precision, we calculated the noise level of the concentration changes as the uncertainty in measurements using several wavelength pairs of light. Seven laser diodes (664-848 nm) were used simultaneously for spectroscopic measurement of brain activity during finger motor stimulation. We also used the analysis of error propagation from the uncertainty in direct measurements of absorbance changes to estimate indirectly the uncertainty of concentration changes. The measurement of the concentration changes made using an 830/664-nm pair are two times (oxy-Hb) and six times (deoxy-Hb) more precise than those made using an 830/782-nm pair.

Journal of Neurotrauma, 1997

This study examined the delayed effects of the administration of d-amphetamine, methoxamine (an a... more This study examined the delayed effects of the administration of d-amphetamine, methoxamine (an alpha1-adrenergic receptor agonist), and prazosin (an alpha1-adrenergic receptor antagonist) on the behavioral outcome of lateral fluid-percussion (FP) brain injury. Rats trained to perform a beam-walking task were subjected to brain injury of moderate severity (2.1 to 2.2 atm). Twenty-four hours after injury, rats were treated with amphetamine, methoxamine, or prazosin at two or three different dose levels. Amphetamine-treated animals displayed no significant improvement in beam-walking ability either during or after drug intoxication (from days 3 to 5 after brain injury). Similarly, neither methoxamine nor prazosin significantly affected beam-walking ability during or after drug intoxication. Neither amphetamine treatment at three different doses nor treatment with methoxamine or prazosin at two different doses affected the spatial learning disabilities of brain-injured animals. These results suggest that (1) unlike amphetamine administration after sensorimotor cortex (SMC) ablation or contusion brain injury models, amphetamine administration at 24 h after concussive FP brain injury does not improve beam-walking performance; (2) unlike amphetamine administration 10 min after concussive FP brain injury amphetamine administration 24 h after injury does not improve cognitive function; and (3) unlike prazosin administration after SMC ablation brain injury, prazosin administration 24 h after concussive FP brain injury does not effect beam-walking performance.

Human Brain Mapping, 2002

Physics Letters B, 1989

... a, S. ENO a, CA FRY', H. HARADA a, YH HO a, YK KIM a, T. KUMITA a, SL OLSEN a,c, P. PERE... more ... a, S. ENO a, CA FRY', H. HARADA a, YH HO a, YK KIM a, T. KUMITA a, SL OLSEN a,c, P. PEREZ a, A. SILL', NM SHAW a, EH ... g and gv are the quark axialand vectorcoupling constants, which are specified by the model to be fig; = 2, for all quark flavors, and q =! 4 sin 2O and q ...

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Physical Review D, 1994

Using 773 muons found in hadronic events from 142 pb -1 of data at a cm energy of 57.8 GeV, we ex... more Using 773 muons found in hadronic events from 142 pb -1 of data at a cm energy of 57.8 GeV, we extract the cross section and forward-backward charge asymmetry for the e + e - →bb̅ process, and the heavy quark fragmentation function parameters for the Peterson ...

Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue III, 1999

ABSTRACT A recently developed 24-channel optical topography (OT) system, that uses intensity-modu... more ABSTRACT A recently developed 24-channel optical topography (OT) system, that uses intensity-modulated near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) at wavelength of 780 nm and 830 nm can be used to visualize spatiotemporal changes of blood oxygenation states in human brain caused by cortical activity. We have used this system to estimate the hemodynamic changes during a language function task. To stimulate language function in the brain, we had a subject perform a writing task, which is more demanding than a speaking task. The subject, who was relaxed and sitting in a chair, was shown a card with a picture of an object for 3 seconds. During the 3 seconds, the subject wrote down the name of the object. The task was repeated 30 times, so the total stimulation period was 90 seconds. As a control task, the subject was shown figures with no meaning and drew each figure. The control task was performed as pre-stimulation for 60 seconds and as post-stimulation for 70 seconds, respectively. The subject rested for 30 seconds between post-stimulation and pre-stimulation. We observed a significant increase in the blood volume, which is proportional to the total change in the oxy-hemoglobin and deoxy-hemoglobin concentrations in the spatiotemporal topographic images in the area corresponding to Broca's area.

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Rinshō shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology, 2001

The simultaneous position encoding method for optical topography was developed. Each channel has ... more The simultaneous position encoding method for optical topography was developed. Each channel has dual-wavelength optics to separately determine the changes in oxy-hemoglobin and deoxy-hemoglobin concentrations around their isobestic points at 805 nm. Part of the incident light penetrates the scalp and skull and is reflected from brain tissues including the cerebral cortex. Any change in the light extinction is mainly due to changes in the oxy-hemoglobin and/or the deoxy-hemoglobin concentration during the activation of a functional area linked to a neuronal activity. Unlike conventional functional imaging methodologies, it can be used for behavioral studies because the flexible optical fibers allow a subject to move, and a very light and compact system can be made. Noninvasive dynamic optical topography has a wide variety of applications from basic science to clinical medicine. Several applications, such as the study of the Broca and Wernicke language areas, the assessment of the do...

Optical Sensing, Imaging, and Manipulation for Biological and Biomedical Applications, 2000

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2001

Physical Review Letters, 2011

We present a new result based on an analysis of the data collected by the MEG detector at the Pau... more We present a new result based on an analysis of the data collected by the MEG detector at the Paul Scherrer Institut in 2009 and 2010, in search of the lepton-flavor-violating decay μ(+)e(+)γ. The likelihood analysis of the combined data sample, which corresponds to a total of 1.8×10(14) muon decays, gives a 90% C.L. upper limit of 2.4×10(-12) on the branching ratio of the μ(+)→e(+)γ decay, constituting the most stringent limit on the existence of this decay to date.

Nuclear Physics B, 2010

A search for the decay mu -&a... more A search for the decay mu -> e gamma, performed at PSI and based on data from the initial three months of operation of the MEG experiment, yields an upper limit on the branching ratio of BR(mu -> e gamma) < 2.8 x 10**-11 (90% C.L.). This corresponds to the measurement of positrons and photons from ~ 10**14 stopped mu-decays

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2003

The development of a liquid-xenon photon detector is in progress for an experiment searching for ... more The development of a liquid-xenon photon detector is in progress for an experiment searching for μ+→e+γ at Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI). The detector utilizes liquid xenon as a scintillation material. The scintillation light is observed by photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) immersed in a liquid. An energy resolution of 0.76% is reasonably expected for 52.8MeVγ rays from results obtained with a first

Neuroscience Letters, 1996

Neuroscience Letters, 2000

Medical Physics, 2001

The precision of noninvasive optical measurement of the concentration changes in oxy-, deoxy-, an... more The precision of noninvasive optical measurement of the concentration changes in oxy-, deoxy-, and total-hemoglobin depends on wavelength. For estimating the precision, we calculated the noise level of the concentration changes as the uncertainty in measurements using several wavelength pairs of light. Seven laser diodes (664-848 nm) were used simultaneously for spectroscopic measurement of brain activity during finger motor stimulation. We also used the analysis of error propagation from the uncertainty in direct measurements of absorbance changes to estimate indirectly the uncertainty of concentration changes. The measurement of the concentration changes made using an 830/664-nm pair are two times (oxy-Hb) and six times (deoxy-Hb) more precise than those made using an 830/782-nm pair.

Journal of Neurotrauma, 1997

This study examined the delayed effects of the administration of d-amphetamine, methoxamine (an a... more This study examined the delayed effects of the administration of d-amphetamine, methoxamine (an alpha1-adrenergic receptor agonist), and prazosin (an alpha1-adrenergic receptor antagonist) on the behavioral outcome of lateral fluid-percussion (FP) brain injury. Rats trained to perform a beam-walking task were subjected to brain injury of moderate severity (2.1 to 2.2 atm). Twenty-four hours after injury, rats were treated with amphetamine, methoxamine, or prazosin at two or three different dose levels. Amphetamine-treated animals displayed no significant improvement in beam-walking ability either during or after drug intoxication (from days 3 to 5 after brain injury). Similarly, neither methoxamine nor prazosin significantly affected beam-walking ability during or after drug intoxication. Neither amphetamine treatment at three different doses nor treatment with methoxamine or prazosin at two different doses affected the spatial learning disabilities of brain-injured animals. These results suggest that (1) unlike amphetamine administration after sensorimotor cortex (SMC) ablation or contusion brain injury models, amphetamine administration at 24 h after concussive FP brain injury does not improve beam-walking performance; (2) unlike amphetamine administration 10 min after concussive FP brain injury amphetamine administration 24 h after injury does not improve cognitive function; and (3) unlike prazosin administration after SMC ablation brain injury, prazosin administration 24 h after concussive FP brain injury does not effect beam-walking performance.

Human Brain Mapping, 2002

Physics Letters B, 1989

... a, S. ENO a, CA FRY', H. HARADA a, YH HO a, YK KIM a, T. KUMITA a, SL OLSEN a,c, P. PERE... more ... a, S. ENO a, CA FRY', H. HARADA a, YH HO a, YK KIM a, T. KUMITA a, SL OLSEN a,c, P. PEREZ a, A. SILL', NM SHAW a, EH ... g and gv are the quark axialand vectorcoupling constants, which are specified by the model to be fig; = 2, for all quark flavors, and q =! 4 sin 2O and q ...

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Physical Review D, 1994

Using 773 muons found in hadronic events from 142 pb -1 of data at a cm energy of 57.8 GeV, we ex... more Using 773 muons found in hadronic events from 142 pb -1 of data at a cm energy of 57.8 GeV, we extract the cross section and forward-backward charge asymmetry for the e + e - →bb̅ process, and the heavy quark fragmentation function parameters for the Peterson ...