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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2020

Pattern Similarity Analyses of FrontoParietal Task Coding: Individual Variation and Genetic Influences.

Joset A Etzel, Ya'el Courtney, Caitlin E Carey, Maria Z Gehred, Arpana Agrawal, Todd S Braver

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Joset A EtzelDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Ya'el CourtneyDepartment of Biology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44243, USA.
Caitlin E CareyDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Maria Z GehredDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Arpana AgrawalDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Todd S BraverDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Washington University in St. Louis · USBroad Institute · USDuke University · USKent State University · US

Funding

Mapping the Human Connectome: Structure, Function, and HeritabilityU54MH091657 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI UGURBIL, KAMIL, VAN ESSEN, DAVID C · 2010 to 2014
$34.7M
Dual Mechanisms of Cognitive ControlR37MH066078 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BRAVER, TODD S · 2013 to 2022
$7.2M
BP-ENDURE: The St. Louis Neuroscience PipelineR25NS090985 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HERZOG, ERIK · 2015 to 2025
$4.0M
DELINEATING THE ROLE OF GENETIC INFLUENCES ON CANNABIS INVOLVEMENTK02DA032573 · NIDA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI AGRAWAL, ARPANA · 2012 to 2021
$1.1M
NIDA NIH HHS K02 DA032573NIMH NIH HHS R37 MH066078NIMH NIH HHS U54 MH091657NINDS NIH HHS R25 NS090985
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pattern similarity analyses are increasingly used to characterize coding properties of brain regions, but relatively few have focused on cognitive control processes in FrontoParietal regions. Here, we use the Human Connectome Project (HCP) N-back task functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) dataset to examine individual differences and genetic influences on the coding of working memory load (0-back, 2-back) and perceptual category (Face, Place). Participants were grouped into 105 monozygotic twin, 78 dizygotic twin, 99 nontwin sibling, and 100 unrelated pairs. Activation pattern similarity was used to test the hypothesis that FrontoParietal regions would have higher similarity for same load conditions, while Visual regions would have higher similarity in same perceptual category conditions. Results confirmed this highly robust regional double dissociation in neural coding, which also predicted individual differences in behavioral performance. In pair-based analyses, anatomically selective genetic relatedness effects were observed: relatedness predicted greater activation pattern similarity in FrontoParietal only for load coding and in Visual only for perceptual coding. Further, in related pairs, the similarity of load coding in FrontoParietal regions was uniquely associated with behavioral performance. Together, these results highlight the power of task fMRI pattern similarity analyses for detecting key coding and heritability features of brain regions.

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IndividualityConnectomeFemaleFrontal LobeHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleParietal LobePhotic StimulationPsychomotor PerformanceTwins, DizygoticTwins, MonozygoticheritabilityN-backprefrontaltwinsworking memory

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