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ArticleBrain structure & function2022

Egomotion-related visual areas respond to goal-directed movements.

Martina Bellagamba, Valentina Sulpizio, Patrizia Fattori, Gaspare Galati, Claudio Galletti, Teresa Maltempo, Sabrina Pitzalis

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Article in Brain structure & function, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Martina Bellagamba *Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome ''Foro Italico'', 00194, Rome, Italy.
Valentina Sulpizio *Department of Cognitive and Motor Rehabilitation and Neuroimaging, Santa Lucia Foundation (IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia), Rome, Italy.
Patrizia FattoriDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Gaspare GalatiDepartment of Cognitive and Motor Rehabilitation and Neuroimaging, Santa Lucia Foundation (IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia), Rome, Italy.
Claudio GallettiDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Teresa MaltempoDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome ''Foro Italico'', 00194, Rome, Italy.
Sabrina PitzalisDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome ''Foro Italico'', 00194, Rome, Italy. sabrina.pitzalis@uniroma4.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4445-0391
Foro Italico University of Rome · ITFondazione Santa Lucia · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

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Foro Italico University of Rome CDR2.FFABRUniversità di Bologna MIUR-PRIN 2017 KZNZLN
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Integration of proprioceptive signals from the various effectors with visual feedback of self-motion from the retina is necessary for whole-body movement and locomotion. Here, we tested whether the human visual motion areas involved in processing optic flow signals simulating self-motion are also activated by goal-directed movements (as saccades or pointing) performed with different effectors (eye, hand, and foot), suggesting a role in visually guiding movements through the external environment. To achieve this aim, we used a combined approach of task-evoked activity and effective connectivity (PsychoPhysiological Interaction, PPI) by fMRI. We localized a set of six egomotion-responsive visual areas through the flow field stimulus and distinguished them into visual (pIPS/V3A, V6+ , IPSmot/VIP) and visuomotor (pCi, CSv, PIC) areas according to recent literature. We tested their response to a visuomotor task implying spatially directed delayed eye, hand, and foot movements. We observed a posterior-to-anterior gradient of preference for eye-to-foot movements, with posterior (visual) regions showing a preference for saccades, and anterior (visuomotor) regions showing a preference for foot pointing. No region showed a clear preference for hand pointing. Effective connectivity analysis showed that visual areas were more connected to each other with respect to the visuomotor areas, particularly during saccades. We suggest that visual and visuomotor egomotion regions can play different roles within a network that integrates sensory-motor signals with the aim of guiding movements in the external environment.

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Brain MappingVisual CortexGoalsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMovementPhotic StimulationPsychomotor PerformanceSaccadesFunctional magnetic resonanceOptic flowPointingSuperior parietal lobuleVisuomotor control

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