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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
Different categories of visual objects evoke distinct stimulus-evoked sensory responses in extrastriate visual cortex. Although numerous lines of evidence support a distinct representational neural architecture, the mechanisms underlying the modulation of the category selectivity by top-down influences remains uncertain. In this study, we investigate the causal role of the PFC in the modulation of evoked activity to face and scene stimuli in the extrastriate cortex. We used two experimental approaches to disrupt prefrontal cortical function-repetitive TMS to PFC in healthy participants (Experiment 1) and focal PFC lesions in stroke patients (Experiment 2). After these perturbations to normal PFC function (pre- vs. post-TMS and lesion vs. intact hemisphere), stimulus-evoked activity in extrastriate cortex exhibited less distinct category selectivity to faces and scenes. These two experiments provide convergent evidence highlighting a direct role of PFC in the top-down modulation of bottom-up visual signals.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1530-8898
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Brain Injuries, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Choice Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Pattern Recognition, Visual, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Photic Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Prefrontal Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Statistics as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Visual Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:20586702-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
The prefrontal cortex modulates category selectivity in human extrastriate cortex.
pubmed:affiliation
University of California, Berkeley, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural