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ArticleNeuroImage2020

Gradients of functional organization in posterior parietal cortex revealed by visual attention, visual short-term memory, and intrinsic functional connectivity.

Ray W Lefco, James A Brissenden, Abigail L Noyce, Sean M Tobyne, David C Somers

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Article in NeuroImage, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ray W LefcoDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, 64 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
James A BrissendenDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, 64 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Abigail L NoyceDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, 64 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Sean M TobyneDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, 64 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
David C SomersDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, 64 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. Electronic address: somers@bu.edu.
Boston University · US

Funding

Human Fronto-Parietal Networks for Visual Attention and MemoryR01EY022229 · NEI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI SOMERS, DAVID C · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
Functional Fractionation of Attentional Networks in Human CerebellumR21EY027703 · NEI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI SOMERS, DAVID C · 2017 to 2018
$471k
Multiplexed Frontal Cortex Organization for Flexibility in Short-Term MemoryF32EY026796 · NEI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI NOYCE, ABIGAIL L. · 2016 to 2018
$146k
Predicting Whole Brain Multi-Sensory Cognitive Control Networks: Relationship with Neuropsychological Test Performance and Repetitive Head ImpactF31NS103306 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI TOBYNE, SEAN MICHAEL · 2017 to 2018
$61k
Dynamic Recruitment of the Lateral Frontal Cortex in Vision and AuditionF31MH101963 · NIMH · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI MICHALKA, SAMANTHA WAKEFIELD · 2013 to 2013
$15k
NEI NIH HHS F32 EY026796NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022229NEI NIH HHS R21 EY027703NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH101963NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS103306
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visual attention and visual working memory tasks recruit a common network of lateral frontal cortical (LFC) and posterior parietal cortical (PPC) regions. Here, we examine finer-scale organization of this frontoparietal network. Three LFC regions recruited by visual cognition tasks, superior precentral sulcus (sPCS), inferior precentral sulcus (iPCS), and mid inferior frontal sulcus (midIFS) exhibit differential patterns of resting-state functional connectivity to PPC. A broad dorsomedial to ventrolateral gradient is observed, with sPCS connectivity dominating in the dorsomedial PPC band, iPCS dominating in the middle band, and midIFS dominating in the ventrolateral band. These connectivity-defined subregions of PPC capture differential task activation between a pair of visual attention and working memory tasks. The relative functional connectivity of sPCS and iPCS also varies along the rostral-caudal axis of the retinotopic regions of PPC. iPCS connectivity is relatively stronger near the IPS0/IPS1 and IPS2/IPS3 borders, especially on the lateral portions of these borders, which each preferentially encode central visual field representations. In contrast, sPCS connectivity is relatively stronger elsewhere in retinotopic IPS regions which preferentially encode peripheral visual field representations. These findings reveal fine-scale gradients in functional connectivity within the frontoparietal visual network that capture a high-degree of specificity in PPC functional organization.

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AdultAttentionBrain MappingCognitionFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMemory, Short-TermNerve NetParietal LobePhotic StimulationVisual PerceptionIntraparietal sulcusMultiple object trackingResting-state functional connectivityRetinotopyVisual working memory

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PMID32526387
PMCPMC7542540
OpenAlexW3032965593

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