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ArticleeLife2024

Reconfigurations of cortical manifold structure during reward-based motor learning.

Qasem Nick, Daniel J Gale, Corson Areshenkoff, Anouk De Brouwer, Joseph Nashed, Jeffrey Wammes, Tianyao Zhu, Randy Flanagan, Jonny Smallwood, Jason Gallivan

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Article in eLife, 2024. 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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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Qasem NickCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Daniel J GaleCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Corson AreshenkoffCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Anouk De BrouwerCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Joseph NashedCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Jeffrey WammesCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-5441
Tianyao ZhuCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Randy FlanaganCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Jonny SmallwoodCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Jason GallivanCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7362-109X

Funding

CIHR PJT175012Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2017-04684
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adaptive motor behavior depends on the coordinated activity of multiple neural systems distributed across the brain. While the role of sensorimotor cortex in motor learning has been well established, how higher-order brain systems interact with sensorimotor cortex to guide learning is less well understood. Using functional MRI, we examined human brain activity during a reward-based motor task where subjects learned to shape their hand trajectories through reinforcement feedback. We projected patterns of cortical and striatal functional connectivity onto a low-dimensional manifold space and examined how regions expanded and contracted along the manifold during learning. During early learning, we found that several sensorimotor areas in the dorsal attention network exhibited increased covariance with areas of the salience/ventral attention network and reduced covariance with areas of the default mode network (DMN). During late learning, these effects reversed, with sensorimotor areas now exhibiting increased covariance with DMN areas. However, areas in posteromedial cortex showed the opposite pattern across learning phases, with its connectivity suggesting a role in coordinating activity across different networks over time. Our results establish the neural changes that support reward-based motor learning and identify distinct transitions in the functional coupling of sensorimotor to transmodal cortex when adapting behavior.

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LearningMagnetic Resonance ImagingRewardAdultBrain MappingCerebral CortexFemaleHumansMaleMotor ActivitySensorimotor CortexYoung Adultbrain connectivityhumanmainfoldmotor learningneurosciencereachingreinforcement learning

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PMID38916598
PMCPMC11198988

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