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Theta-band functional connectivity in the dorsal fronto-parietal network predicts goal-directed attention

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Fellrath, Julia, Mottaz, Anaïs, Schnider, Armin, Guggisberg, Adrian G., Ptak, Radek·2016·Neuropsychologia

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Functional imaging studies have identified a dorsal fronto-parietal network whose activity reflects shifts of attention in space and is sensitive to the behavioural relevance of stimuli. In patients with severe deficits of spatial attention this network is often structurally preserved. Here, we show that resting-state EEG functional connectivity in the dorsal fronto-parietal network predicts impaired goal-directed processing in stroke patients with spatial attention deficits. Eleven right-hemisphere damaged patients with different degrees of contralesional spatial deficits and sixteen age-matched healthy controls performed a visuo-spatial task which required them to react to a central target while ignoring task-relevant distracters presented left or right of fixation. Unlike controls, performance of patients was not modulated by the goal-relevance of peripheral distracters. Compared to controls patients showed a significant decrease in theta-band connectivity between the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the right superior parietal region. Moreover, in both groups we observed a significant correlation between fronto-parietal connectivity and the behavioural effect of distracter relevance. These findings indicate that fronto-parietal functional connectivity is impaired in patients with spatial attention deficits and predicts effects of goal-relevant information on target processing.

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  • The strength of theta synchrony within the fronto-parietal attention network can predict goal-directed attention behavior.

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Authors
Fellrath, J., Mottaz, A., Schnider, A., Guggisberg, A. G., & Ptak, R.
Affiliations
University of Geneva (CH)
Corresponding author
Fellrath, Julia
Venue
Neuropsychologia
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-11
Volume
92
Pages
20-30
ISSN
0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2464930134
Cited by
77
References
100
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FWCI
3.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Neuropsychologia (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (320030-146639, 320030-152689)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Keywords
top-down attention, stroke, right hemisphere damage, resting-state EEG, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, superior parietal cortex, visuospatial attention, distractor suppression
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Attention, Electroencephalography, Female, Frontal Lobe, Goals, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Middle Aged, Motor Activity, Neural Pathways, Neuropsychological Tests, Parietal Lobe, Reaction Time, Rest, Theta Rhythm, Visual Perception, Stroke

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