神経科学者が大脳皮質の包括的マップを作成(Neuroscientists create a comprehensive map of the cerebral cortex)

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2024-11-06 マサチューセッツ工科大学(MIT)

マサチューセッツ工科大学(MIT)の研究者は、fMRIデータを用いて大脳皮質の機能を詳細にマッピングし、言語、社会的相互作用、視覚処理などを担当する24のネットワークを特定しました。従来の研究は特定のタスクや安静時の脳活動に焦点を当てていましたが、今回の研究では映画鑑賞中の自然な条件下での脳活動を分析しています。この新しい地図は、各ネットワークの具体的な機能解明の出発点となることが期待されています。

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自然主義的映画鑑賞時の大脳皮質の機能的構造 Functional architecture of cerebral cortex during naturalistic movie watching

Reza Rajimehr ∙ Haoran Xu ∙ Asa Farahani ∙ Simon Kornblith ∙ John Duncan ∙ Robert Desimone
Neuron  Published:November 6, 2024
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2024.10.005

Graphical abstract

神経科学者が大脳皮質の包括的マップを作成(Neuroscientists create a comprehensive map of the cerebral cortex)

Highlights

•Cerebral cortex was parcellated into 24 functional networks using movie fMRI data
•The topographic relationship between networks and known cortical areas was evaluated
•Executive control networks showed a characteristic response during movie watching
•A push-pull interaction was found between domain-general and domain-specific areas

Summary

Characterizing the functional organization of cerebral cortex is a fundamental step in understanding how different kinds of information are processed in the brain. However, it is still unclear how these areas are organized during naturalistic visual and auditory stimulation. Here, we used high-resolution functional MRI data from 176 human subjects to map the macro-architecture of the entire cerebral cortex based on responses to a 60-min audiovisual movie stimulus. A data-driven clustering approach revealed a map of 24 functional areas/networks, each explicitly linked to a specific aspect of sensory or cognitive processing. Novel features of this map included an extended scene-selective network in the lateral prefrontal cortex, separate clusters responsive to human-object and human-human interaction, and a push-pull interaction between three executive control (domain-general) networks and domain-specific regions of the visual, auditory, and language cortex. Our cortical parcellation provides a comprehensive and unified map of functionally defined areas in the human cerebral cortex.

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