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9863701

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
Human neuroimaging studies conducted during visuospatial working memory tasks have inconsistently detected activation in the prefrontal cortical areas depending presumably on the type of memory and control tasks employed. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to study brain activation related to the performance of a visuospatial n-back task with different memory loads (0-back, 1-back and 2-back tasks). Comparison of the 2-back versus 0-back tasks revealed consistent, bilateral activation in the medial frontal gyrus (MFG), superior frontal sulcus and adjacent cortical tissue (SFS/SFG) in all subjects and in six out of seven subjects in the intraparietal sulcus (IPS). Activation was also detected in the inferior frontal gyrus, medially in the superior frontal gyrus, precentral gyrus, superior and inferior parietal lobuli, occipital visual association areas, anterior and posterior cingulate areas and in the insula. Comparison between the 1-back versus 0-back tasks revealed activation only in a few brain areas. Activation in the MFG, SFS/SFG and IPS appeared dependent on memory load. The results suggest that the performance of a visuospatial working memory task engages a network of distributed brain areas and that areas in the dorsal visual pathway are engaged in mnemonic processing of visuospatial information.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1047-3211
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
743-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Distribution of cortical activation during visuospatial n-back tasks as revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Physiology, University of Helsinki, Finland. syncarls@cc.helsinki.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't