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The Role of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in the Preparation of Forthcoming Actions: an fMRI Study
Abstract
The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) plays a key role in working memory (WM). Yet its precise contribution (the storage, manipulation and/or utilization of information for the forthcoming response) remains to be determined. To test the hypothesis that the DLPFC is more involved in the preparation of actions than in the maintenance of information in short-term memory (STM), we undertook a functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation in normal subjects performing two delayed response tasks (matching and reproduction tasks) in a visuospatial task sequence (presentation, delay, response). In the two tasks, the presentation and delay phases were similar, but the expected response was different: in the matching task, subjects had to indicate whether a visuospatial sequence matched the sequence presented before the delay period; in the reproduction task, subjects had to reproduce the sequence and, therefore, to mentally organize their response during the delay. Using a fMRI paradigm focusing on the delay period, we observed a significant DLPFC activation when subjects were required to mentally prepare a sequential action based on the information stored in STM. When subjects had only to maintain a visuospatial stimulus in STM, no DLPFC activation was found. These results suggest that a parietal-premotor network is sufficient to store visuospatial information in STM whereas the DLPFC is involved when it is necessary to mentally prepare a forthcoming sequential action based on the information stored in STM.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Pochon, J.-B.
- Venue
- Cerebral Cortex
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2001-03-01
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 260-266
- ISSN
- 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2199
- OpenAlex
- W2119743361
- Cited by
- 299
- References
- 31
- FWCI
- 8.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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