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Ko te Magnetoencephalography (MEG) he whakamātautau whakaahua roro kore-whakauru e ine ana i ngā pānga aukume e whakaputaina ana e te mahi hiko o tō roro. Whakaarohia he huarahi mātanga ki te "whakarongo" ki ngā kōrero a tō roro i te wā tūturu, e āwhina ana i ngā tākuta ki te mārama me pēhea te kōrero a ngā wāhanga rerekē o tō roro ki a rātou anō.
Ko tēnei tikanga whakaahua roro matatau e hopu ana i te mahi roro me te tino tika, e ine ana i ngā tohu ki te mirisekone. Kāore i rite ki ētahi atu karapa roro e whakaatu ana i te hanganga, ka whakaatu te MEG i te mahi tūturu o tō roro i te wā e pā ana, e whai hua ana mō te māramatanga ki ngā āhuatanga neurological me te whakamahere i ngā pokanga roro.
Ko te Magnetoencephalography he tikanga whakaahua roro e kite ana i ngā pānga aukume iti e hangaia ana i te wā e pupuhi ana ngā neuron i tō roro. I ngā wā katoa e kōrero ana ō pūtau roro, ka whakaputa rātou i ngā ia hiko e whakaputa ana i ēnei pānga aukume, ka taea e ngā karapa MEG te tiki mai i waho o tō upoko.
Ko te karapa MEG he rite ki te potae nui e kī ana i ngā rau o ngā pūoko aukume tino tairongo e kīia ana ko SQUIDs (Ngā Pūrere Whakawhitiwhiti Quantum Superconducting). Ka taea e ēnei pūoko te kite i ngā pānga aukume he piriona ngā wā ngoikore atu i te pānga aukume o te Ao, e āhei ana i ngā tākuta ki te whakaahua i te mahi o tō roro me te tino tika.
Ko te mea motuhake o te MEG ko tōna kaha ki te whakaatu i te wāhi e puta ana te mahi roro me te wā tika e pā ana. Ko tēnei huinga o te tika ā-wāhi me te tika ā-wā, he taputapu nui mō ngā kaipūtaiao neuro me ngā tākuta e ako ana i te mahi roro, te mate haurangi, me ētahi atu āhuatanga neurological.
Ka whakamahia te MEG hei āwhina i ngā tākuta ki te mārama ki ngā mahi roro kōaro, me te whakamahere i ngā rongoā mō ngā āhuatanga neurological. Ko te take tino nui mō te whakamātautau MEG ko te kimi i te pūtake o ngā hauhautanga i roto i ngā tāngata e mate ana i te mate roro, ina koa ka whakaarohia te pokanga hei whiringa rongoā.
Ka whakamahia hoki e ngā tākuta te MEG ki te whakatakoto i ngā mahi roro nui i mua i te pokanga. Ki te hiahia koe ki te pokanga roro mō te puku, te mate roro rānei, ka taea e te MEG te āwhina i te tautuhi i ngā wāhi nui e pā ana ki te kōrero, te neke, te tukatuka rānei i ngā rongo. Mā tēnei whakatakoto ka mōhio ai ngā tākuta pokanga ki te tango i ngā kiko raruraru i te wā e tiaki ana i ngā mahi roro nui.
I tua atu i te whakamahere pokanga, ka āwhina te MEG i ngā kairangahau me ngā tākuta ki te ako i ngā momo āhuatanga neurological me te hinengaro. Kei roto i ēnei ko ngā raruraru ā-tauira autism, ADHD, te pōuri, te schizophrenia, me te dementia. Ka taea e te whakamātautau te whakaatu me pēhea te pānga o ēnei āhuatanga ki te hononga roro me te wā o ngā whakawhitiwhiti kōrero neural.
He mea nui hoki te MEG mō te ako i te whanaketanga roro noa i ngā tamariki me te māramatanga ki te huringa o te roro i te pakeketanga. Ka whakamahia e ngā kairangahau ēnei mōhiohio hei mārama ake ki ngā raruraru ako, ngā whakaroa whanaketanga, me ngā rerekētanga hinengaro puta noa i te oranga.
Ko te tikanga MEG te tikanga 1-3 haora, ā, ka uru ki te takoto marie i roto i te tūru, i te moenga rānei i hangaia motuhake i te wā e mau ana i te potae MEG. I mua i te tīmatanga o te whakamātautau, ka ine ngā tohunga hangarau i tō upoko, ka tohu i ngā wāhi motuhake hei whakarite i te tūnga tika o ngā pūoko.
Ka tonoa koe ki te tango i ngā mea whakarewa katoa, tae atu ki ngā whakapaipai, ngā taputapu whakarongo, me ngā mahi niho ki te mea ka taea te tango, nā te mea ka taea e ēnei te whakararu i ngā inenga aukume tairongo. He mea whakangungu motuhake te rūma whakamātautau hei aukati i ngā mara aukume o waho ka pā ki ngā hua.
I te wā o te rekoata, ka tonoa pea koe ki te mahi i ngā mahi ngawari i runga i te mea e hiahia ana tō tākuta ki te ako. Kei roto i ēnei:
Ka puta te kohinga raraunga i a koe e mahi ana i ēnei mahi, e okioki ana rānei. Ka rekoata tonu ngā pūoko i ngā pānga autō mai i tō roro, ka waihanga i tētahi mahere taipitopito o ngā tauira mahi neural puta noa i te wāhanga.
Mēnā kei te arotakengia koe mō te mate pāpā, ka whakamātau ngā tākuta ki te whakaoho i te mahi hauhautanga mā te whakamahi i ngā rama kimo, mā te tono rānei ki a koe kia hā tere. Mā tēnei ka āwhina rātou ki te hopu me te kimi i te mahi roro kōaro ka kore pea e puta i ngā wā okioki noa.
He māmā te whakarite mō te MEG, engari mā te whai i ngā aratohu ka pai ake ngā hua. Ka hoatu e tō tākuta ngā tohutohu motuhake i runga i tō āhuatanga takitahi me te take mō tō whakamātautau.
Ko te whakarite tino nui ko te karo i ngā mea katoa ka raru i ngā inenga autō. Me:
Mēnā kei te tango koe i ngā rongoā, me haere tonu te tango i a rātou i te mea kua whakaritea, ki te kore te tākuta e tohutohu motuhake ana i ētahi atu. Ka pā ētahi rongoā ki te mahi roro, engari ko te whakamutu i a rātou me te kore he tohutohu rongoā ka tūpono he mōrearea, ina koa kei a koe te mate pāpā, ētahi atu āhuatanga neurological rānei.
I te rā o te whakamātautau, kai noa i te kai, ki te kore e tohutohutia ētahi atu, me te ngana ki te moe pai i te pō i mua. Ko te okiokinga pai ka āwhina i te whakarite kia rite tonu ō tauira mahi roro i te wā o te rēhita.
Mēnā he claustrophobic koe, he āwangawanga rānei mō ngā tikanga rongoā, kōrerohia tēnei ki tō rōpū hauora i mua. Ka taea e rātou te whakamārama i ngā mea e tūmanakohia ana, ā, ka taea e rātou te whakarato rautaki hei āwhina i a koe kia pai ake te noho i te wā o te whakamātautau.
He uaua ngā hua MEG, ā, e hiahia ana ki te whakangungu motuhake kia tika te whakamāori. Ka tātari tō neurologist, tō tohunga MEG rānei i ngā raraunga, ā, ka whakamārama i te tikanga o ngā kitenga mō tō āhuatanga motuhake i te wā o te tūhono whai muri.
Ko te tikanga, ka whakaatu ngā hua i ngā tauira mahi roro hei mahere tae e whakatakotoria ana ki runga i ngā whakaahua o tō hanganga roro. Ko ngā wāhi o te mahi nui ka puta hei wāhi kanapa, i te wā e iti ana te mahi ka puta he mārama ake. Ko te wā o ēnei tauira e whakaatu ana i te pēhea o ngā wāhi roro rerekē e kōrero ana ki a rātou anō.
Mō ngā tūroro mate roro, ka titiro ngā tākuta ki ngā tūtohu hiko rerekē, ki ngā tauira rānei e tohu ana i te mahi hopu. Ko ēnei tohu rerekē ka puta hei tūtohu motuhake, nui te whānui e tū ana i te mahi roro noa. Ko te wāhi me te wā o ēnei tūtohu ka āwhina i te whakatau i te arotahi hopu.
Mēnā kei te mahi koe i te mahere i mua i te pokanga, ka whakaatu ngā hua i ngā wāhi roro e whakahaere ana i ngā mahi nui pēnei i te kōrero, te neke, te rongo rānei. Ka puta tēnei mōhiohio hei tauira whakahohe motuhake i te wā e mahi ana koe i ngā mahi rerekē i te wā o te whakamātautau.
Ko ngā hua MEG noa e whakaatu ana i ngā tauira mahi roro kua whakaritea, te rītima e rerekē ana i te wā e mahi ana koe i ngā mahi rerekē me ngā āhua o te māramatanga. Ko ngā hua rerekē ka whakaatu i te wā kua raru, ngā tauira hononga rerekē, ngā wāhi rānei o te mahi roro nui rawa, iti rānei.
Ka whakatauritehia e tō tākuta ēnei kitenga ki ō tohu, hītori hauora, me ētahi atu hua whakamātautau kia whanake ai te māramatanga whānui mō te mahi roro me ngā tohutohu maimoatanga e tika ana.
Ko te hua "pai rawa atu" o te MEG e whakawhirinaki ana ki te take i tū ai te whakamātautau. Mēnā kei te arotakengia koe mō te mate haurangi, ko te putanga pai rawa atu ko te tautuhi mārama i te pūtake o te hopu i roto i te wāhi roro ka taea te rongoā marie me te kore e pā ki ngā mahi nui.
Mō te mahere i mua i te pokanga, ko te hua pai rawa atu e whakarato ana i te tautuhi mārama o ngā wāhi roro nui e tika ana kia tiakina i te wā o te pokanga. Mā tēnei ka taea e ngā tākuta pokanga te whakamahere i te huarahi haumaru rawa atu i te wā e whakatutuki ana i te putanga maimoatanga pai rawa atu.
I ngā wāhi rangahau, ko ngā hua pai rawa atu e whakaatu ana i ngā tauira mārama, e taea ana te whakamāori, e āwhina ana i te whakanui i tō tātou māramatanga ki te mahi roro. Mā ēnei pea e whakaatu me pēhea te kōrero a ngā whatunga roro rerekē, me pēhea rānei te pānga o ētahi āhuatanga ki te tukatuka neural.
I te nuinga o te wā, ko ngā hua MEG pai e whakarato ana i ngā kōrero mārama, e taea ana te mahi, e āwhina ana i te ārahi i ngā whakataunga maimoatanga. Mā tēnei pea e whakapūmau i tētahi tātaritanga, e whakakore i ētahi āhuatanga, e whakarato rānei i te mahere roro taipitopito e hiahiatia ana mō te whakamahere pokanga haumaru.
Heoi anō, i ētahi wā ko te hua tino whai hua ko te whakakore i ētahi āhuatanga, te whakapūmau rānei kei roto i ngā awhe noa ngā tauira mahi roro. He mea nui tēnei kōrero ki te kimi i ngā āhuatanga rerekē, i te mea e āwhina ana i ngā tākuta ki te whakatau whakataunga mō tō manaakitanga.
He maha ngā āhuatanga ka whakanui i te tūponotanga ki te kimi tauira rerekē i te whakamātautau MEG. Mā te māramatanga ki ēnei āhuatanga tūpono ka āwhina i ngā tākuta ki te whakamāori i ngā hua kia tika ake, ā, ka mārama ngā tūroro ki te aha pea e pā ana ki ngā putanga whakamātautau.
Ko ngā tūponotanga nui rawa atu e pā ana ki ngā āhuatanga neurological kei raro. Ko ngā tāngata e pā ana ki te mate roro, te puku roro, ngā wharanga roro, te whiu roro rānei, he nui ake te tūponotanga ki te whakaatu i ngā tauira MEG rerekē. Ka taea e ēnei āhuatanga te whakararuraru i te mahi hiko roro noa, me te waihanga i ngā waitohu motuhake i runga i ngā rekoata MEG.
He wāhi anō tā ngā āhuatanga ira, i te mea ka riro i ētahi tāngata ngā tūponotanga ki ngā āhuatanga neurological e pā ana ki ngā tauira mahi roro. Ko te hītori o te whānau mō te mate roro, te migraine, ētahi atu raruraru neurological rānei, ka taea te whakanui i te tūponotanga ki te kite i ngā hua MEG rerekē.
Ka taea hoki e ngā huringa e pā ana ki te pakeke te pā ki ngā tauira MEG. I te mea ka pakeke haere tātou, ka huri haere ngā tauira mahi roro noa, ā, ko ētahi āhuatanga e pā ana ki te pakeke pēnei i te dementia ka taea te waihanga i ngā rerekētanga āhuatanga i runga i te whakamātautau MEG.
Ka taea hoki e ngā āhuatanga o waho i te wā o te whakamātautau te pā ki ngā hua. Ko te moe kino, te ahotea, ētahi rongoā, te kawhe, te inu waipiro rānei, ka taea te whakarereke i ngā tauira mahi roro me te pā ki ngā kitenga MEG, ahakoa he wā poto noa iho ēnei pānga.
Ko ētahi āhuatanga onge ka whakaatu i ngā tauira MEG rerekē ko ngā raruraru roro autoimmune, ētahi mate e pā ana ki te pūnaha io, me ngā āhuatanga metabolic e pā ana ki te mahi roro. He iti noa iho ēnei āhuatanga engari ka taea te waihanga i ngā tauira rerekē motuhake.
He whakamātautau kore-whakauru katoa te MEG, nō reira kāore he raruraru tinana tika mai i te tikanga ake. Heoi, ka taea e ngā hua rerekē te whai pānga nui ki tō hauora me te whakamahere maimoatanga me mōhio koe.
Ko te pānga tonu o ngā hua MEG rerekē ko te hiahia mō te whakamātautau atu, te maimoatanga rānei. Mēnā ka whakaatu te whakamātautau i te mahi hopu roro, ētahi atu tauira roro rerekē rānei, tērā pea ka hiahia koe ki te arotake whānui ake, ngā whakatikatika rongoā, te kōrero rānei mō te pokanga.
Ka pānga hoki ngā hua koretake ki āu mahi o ia rā, me tō oranga. Mēnā ka whakapūmau te MEG i te mahi hopu roro, tērā pea ka raru koe i ngā here taraiwa, ngā huringa rongoā, ngā here mahi rānei kia pai ake te whakahaere i te āhua.
He mea noa ngā pānga hinengaro i te wā e whakaatu ana ngā hua MEG i ngā hē o te roro. Ko te ako mō ngā huringa o te mahi roro ka pā mai te āwangawanga, te pōuri, te māharahara rānei mō te anamata. He mea noa ēnei urupare ā-whatumanawa, ā, he pai tonu te whai wāhi ki te tohutohu, ki ngā rōpū tautoko rānei.
I ngā wā onge, ka whakaatu pea ngā kitenga MEG i ngā āhuatanga ohorere e hiahia ana kia aro tonu te rongoā. Ahakoa he mea noa, ka kitea pea e te whakamātautau ngā tohu o ngā puku roro, ngā mate, ētahi atu āhuatanga nui rānei kāore i whakaarohia i mua.
Mō ngā tūroro e whakaaro ana ki te pokanga roro, ka tohu pea ngā hua MEG koretake e nui ake ana ngā tūponotanga o te tikanga i te mea i tūmanakohia i te tīmatanga. Mā tēnei pea e hiahia ana ki te whakaaro anō i ngā kōwhiringa rongoā, ki te rapu rānei i ētahi atu whakaaro.
He mea nui ki te mahara, ko te kite wawe i ngā hē ka arahi i te pai ake o ngā hua rongoā. Ahakoa ka pā mai te āwangawanga i ngā hua koretake, ka whai wāhi rātou ki ngā mōhiohio whai hua e āwhina ana i ngā tākuta ki te whakarato i te manaakitanga e tika ana mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
Me kōrero koe i te whakamātautau MEG ki tō tākuta mēnā he tohu tō e whakaatu ana i te mahi roro koretake, mēnā rānei kei te arotakengia koe mō ētahi āhuatanga neurological. Ko te whakatau ki te whakamātau i te MEG ka mahia tonu e tētahi kaiwhakarato hauora whai tohu i runga i tō āhuatanga rongoā motuhake.
Ngā tohu noa ka arahi pea ki te whakamātautau MEG ko ngā hopu roro kāore i whakamāramahia, ngā wā o te huringa o te māramatanga, ngā wheako rānei o te rongo kāore i te noa. Mēnā kei te whai wā koe ki te ngaro i te māramatanga, ki te wheako i ngā rongo rereke, ki te whai nekehanga kāore e taea e koe te whakahaere, ka āwhina pea te MEG ki te tautuhi i te take.
Mēnā kua whakatauria koe he mate pāpāho, ā, kāore te rongoā e whakahaere tika ana i ō pākia, tērā pea ka tūtohu tō tākuta i te MEG kia mōhio pai ake ki tō āhua. He mea nui tēnei mēnā kei te whakaarohia koe mō te pokanga pāpāho, ētahi atu rānei rongoā matatau.
Me whakaaro hoki koe ki te MEG mēnā kua whakaritea koe mō te pokanga roro, ā, e hiahia ana koe ki te mahere taipitopito o ngā mahi roro nui. Kei roto i tēnei ko te pokanga mō ngā puku roro, ngā huringa arteriovenous, ētahi atu rānei āhuatanga e hiahia ana ki te whakamahere pokanga tika.
Mō ngā kaupapa rangahau, tērā pea ka tonoa koe ki te whai wāhi ki ngā rangahau MEG mēnā he āhuatanga ōu e ako ana ngā kaipūtaiao. Ka āwhina ēnei rangahau ki te whakatutuki i tō mātou māramatanga ki te mahi roro, ā, ka taea te whai wāhi ki te whakawhanake i ngā rongoā pai ake.
Mēnā kei te pā koe i ngā huringa hinengaro, ngā raruraru mahara, ētahi atu rānei tohu e tohu ana i te kore mahi o te whatunga roro, tērā pea ka whakaaro tō tākuta ki te MEG hei wāhanga o te arotake whānui. He mea whai pānga tēnei mō ngā āhuatanga neurological uaua e pā ana ki te hononga roro.
Āe, he tino pai te MEG mō te arotake pāpāho, ina koa ka whakaarohia te pokanga. Ka taea e te whakamātautau te tohu tika i te wāhi e tīmata ana ngā pākia i roto i tō roro me te tika whakamīharo, he maha ngā wā e whakarato ana i ngā mōhiohio kāore e taea e ētahi atu whakamātautau.
He mea nui te MEG mō ngā tāngata e pāpāho ana kāore i pai te whakautu ki ngā rongoā. Ka taea e ia te tautuhi i te arotahi pākia ahakoa te ahua noa o ētahi atu whakamātautau whakaahua pēnei i te MRI, e āwhina ana i ngā tākuta ki te whakatau mēnā he painga pea te pokanga.
Kāore, kāore ngā hua MEG koretake e pā i te kino o te roro. He tikanga rekoata noa te MEG e ine ana i te mahi roro o nāianei me te kore e whakauru i te pūngao, i ngā wawaotanga rānei ki roto i tō roro.
Ko ngā tauira hē e kitea ana e te MEG he tohu tonu mō ngā āhuatanga kei raro iho i te mata, kaua ko ngā take o te kino. Heoi, ko ētahi āhuatanga e pā ana ki ngā tauira MEG hē, pērā i ngā pūhihi kāore i te whakahaeretia, ka mōhiotia pea ka huri te roro i te wā roa ki te kore e rongoatia.
I ētahi wā ka taea e te MEG te kite i ngā mahi roro hē e pā ana ki ngā puku roro, engari ehara i te taputapu mō te kite i ngā puku. Ko te whakamātautau ka nui ake te whakaatu i te pānga o ngā puku ki ngā mahi roro noa, kaua ki te whakaahua tika i te puku tonu.
Mēnā he puku roro tō, ka taea e te MEG te āwhina i te whakatakoto mahere i ngā mahi roro nui i te taha o te wāhi puku, he mōhiohio nui tēnei mō te whakamahere pokanga. Mā tēnei mahere ka āwhina i ngā tākuta ki te tango i ngā puku i te wā e tiaki ana i ngā wāhi roro nui.
Ko ngā hua MEG te tikanga ka roa 1-2 wiki kia tino tukatukahia, kia whakamāramahia. Ko ngā raraunga mata e hiahia ana ki te tātari uaua e ngā tohunga whakangungu, ā, me arotake te pūrongo whakamutunga e tō tākuta i mua i te kōrero i ngā hua ki a koe.
Ka roa pea ngā take uaua, ina koa me whakataurite ngā kitenga ki ētahi atu whakamātautau, ki te kōrero rānei ki ētahi atu tohunga. Mā tō tākuta e whakamōhio ki a koe i te wā e tūmanako ana koe ki ngā hua, me te pēhea e whiwhi ai koe.
He painga motuhake tō te MEG me te EEG, ā, he maha ngā wā ka whai wāhi tahi rāua, kaua ki te whakataetae. He pai ake te whakatau ā-wāhi o te MEG, ā, ka taea te kite i ngā mahi roro hōhonu ake, i te wā e wātea ana te EEG, ā, he pai ake mō te aroturuki tonu.
Mō te whakatakoto mahere roro taipitopito me ngā kaupapa rangahau, he maha ngā wā ka nui ake ngā mōhiohio e whakaratohia ana e te MEG. Heoi, mō te aroturuki pūhihi i ia rā, mō te whakamahi haumanu whānui rānei, ko te EEG tonu te kōwhiringa whaihua. Mā tō tākuta e tūtohu te whakamātautau e pai ana ki ō hiahia motuhake.