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Dynamic changes in effective connectivity characterized by variable parameter regression and Kalman filtering

C Büchel1, K J Friston

  • 1Leopold Müller Functional Imaging Laboratory, Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, London, UK. cbuechel@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk

Human Brain Mapping
|October 27, 1998
PubMed
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Attention to visual motion enhances brain connectivity between visual motion area V5 and posterior parietal cortex. Prefrontal cortex activity explains these connectivity changes, highlighting its role in modulating visual attention.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception

Background:

  • Attention modulates brain activity in visual processing areas.
  • Effective connectivity, the causal influence one brain region exerts over another, is crucial for understanding brain function.
  • The dorsal visual pathway, including areas V5 and the posterior parietal cortex, is involved in processing visual motion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how attention to visual motion affects the effective connectivity between motion-selective cortical area V5 and the posterior parietal cortex.
  • To identify the neural sources responsible for modulating this effective connectivity.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to measure brain activity.
  • Variable parameter regression was employed to dynamically assess effective connectivity.

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  • Ordinary regression analysis was used to identify predictive brain regions.

    • Main Results:

    • Attention to visual motion significantly increased effective connectivity from V5 to the posterior parietal cortex.
    • Activity in the prefrontal cortex was found to predict and explain these observed changes in effective connectivity.
    • These findings implicate the prefrontal cortex in the top-down modulation of the dorsal visual pathway.

    Conclusions:

    • Attentional modulation of effective connectivity is a dynamic process.
    • The prefrontal cortex plays a key role in directing attention and modulating visual processing.
    • This study provides insights into the neural mechanisms underlying visual attention and effective connectivity in the dorsal visual stream.