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http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Dynamic interactions in the fronto-parietal network during a manual stimulus-response compatibility task.

Cieslik, E. C.FZJ* ; Zilles, K.FZJ* ; Grefkes, C. ; Eickhoff, S. B.FZJ*

2011
Academic Press Orlando, Fla.

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.089

Abstract: Attentional orienting can be modulated by stimulus-driven bottom-up as well as task-dependent top-down processes. In a recent study we investigated the interaction of both processes in a manual stimulus-response compatibility task. Whereas the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) and the dorsal premotor cortex (dPMC) were involved in orienting towards the stimulus side facilitating congruent motor responses, the right temporoparietal junction (TPJ), right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) as well as the preSMA sustained top-down control processes involved in voluntary reorienting. Here we used dynamic causal modelling to investigate the contributions and task-dependent interactions between these regions. Thirty-six models were tested, all of which included bilateral IPS, dPMC and primary motor cortex (M1) as a network transforming visual input into motor output as well as the right TPJ, right DLPFC and the preSMA as task-dependent top-down regions influencing the coupling within the dorsal network. Our data showed the right temporoparietal junction to play a mediating role during attentional reorienting processes by modulating the inter-hemispheric balance between both IPS. Analysis of connection strength supported the proposed role of the preSMA in controlling motor responses promoting or suppressing activity in primary motor cortex. As the results did not show a clear tendency towards a role of the right DLPFC, we propose this region, against the usual interpretation of an inhibitory influence in stimulus-response compatibility tasks, to subserve generic monitoring processes. Our DCM study hence provides evidence for context-dependent top-down control of right TPJ and DLPFC as well as the preSMA in stimulus-response compatibility.

Keyword(s): Adult (MeSH) ; Attention: physiology (MeSH) ; Brain Mapping (MeSH) ; Female (MeSH) ; Frontal Lobe: physiology (MeSH) ; Humans (MeSH) ; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted (MeSH) ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MeSH) ; Male (MeSH) ; Middle Aged (MeSH) ; Models, Neurological (MeSH) ; Neural Pathways: physiology (MeSH) ; Orientation: physiology (MeSH) ; Parietal Lobe: physiology (MeSH) ; Task Performance and Analysis (MeSH) ; Young Adult (MeSH) ; J

Note: This work was partly funded by the Human Brain Project (R01-MH074457-01A1; S.B.E.), the Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association within the Helmholtz Alliance on Systems Biology (Human Brain Model; K.Z., S.B.E.), and the DFG (IRTG 1328, S.B.E.).

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Molekulare Organisation des Gehirns (INM-2)

Research Program(s):

1. Funktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems (FUEK409) (FUEK409)
2. 89571 - Connectivity and Activity (POF2-89571) (POF2-89571)

Appears in the scientific report 2011

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