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ArticleNature communications2022

Focal neural perturbations reshape low-dimensional trajectories of brain activity supporting cognitive performance.

Kartik K Iyer, Kai Hwang, Luke J Hearne, Eli Muller, Mark D'Esposito, James M Shine, Luca Cocchi

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Kartik K IyerQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia. Kartik.Iyer@qimrberghofer.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-3046-1401
Kai HwangDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences and The Iowa Neuroscience Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Luke J HearneQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia.
Eli MullerThe University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2050, Australia.
Mark D'EspositoHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1650, USA.
James M ShineThe University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2050, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1762-5499
Luca CocchiQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia. Luca.Cocchi@qimrberghofer.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-3651-2676

Funding

University of Iowa Hawkeye Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (Hawk-IDDRC)P50HD103556 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI EDWIN TED G. ABEL, Lane Strathearn · 2021 to 2026
$8.5M
Working Memory and Prefrontal CortexR01MH063901 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI D'ESPOSITO, MARK · 2001 to 2022
$7.6M
Thalamic Mechanisms of Cognitive ControlF32NS090757 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI HWANG, KAI · 2014 to 2017
$167k
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103556NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH063901NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS090757
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of distributed patterns of neural activity supporting brain functions and behavior can be understood by study of the brain's low-dimensional topology. Functional neuroimaging demonstrates that brain activity linked to adaptive behavior is constrained to low-dimensional manifolds. In human participants, we tested whether these low-dimensional constraints preserve working memory performance following local neuronal perturbations. We combined multi-session functional magnetic resonance imaging, non-invasive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and methods translated from the fields of complex systems and computational biology to assess the functional link between changes in local neural activity and the reshaping of task-related low dimensional trajectories of brain activity. We show that specific reconfigurations of low-dimensional trajectories of brain activity sustain effective working memory performance following TMS manipulation of local activity on, but not off, the space traversed by these trajectories. We highlight an association between the multi-scale changes in brain activity underpinning cognitive function.

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Brain MappingAdolescentAdultBrainCognitionFemaleFunctional NeuroimagingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMemory, Short-TermTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation

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PMID35013147
PMCPMC8749005

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