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Strengthening of Top-Down Frontal Cognitive Control Networks Underlying the Development of Inhibitory Control: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Effective Connectivity Study

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Hwang, Kai, Velanova, Katerina, Luna, Beatriz·2010·The Journal of Neuroscience

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The ability to voluntarily inhibit responses to task-irrelevant stimuli, which is a fundamental component of cognitive control, has a protracted development through adolescence. Previous human developmental imaging studies have found immaturities in localized brain activity in children and adolescents. However, little is known about how these regions integrate with age to form the distributed networks known to support cognitive control. In the present study, we used Granger causality analysis to characterize developmental changes in effective connectivity underlying inhibitory control (antisaccade task) compared with reflexive responses (prosaccade task) in human participants. By childhood, few top-down connectivities were evident with increased parietal interconnectivity. By adolescence, connections from prefrontal cortex increased and parietal interconnectivity decreased. From adolescence to adulthood, there was evidence of increased number and strength of frontal connections to cortical regions as well as subcortical regions. Together, results suggest that developmental improvements in inhibitory control may be supported by age-related enhancements in top-down effective connectivity between frontal, oculomotor, and subcortical regions.

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  • Effective integration of cognitive control processes relies not only on functional recruitment of implicated brain regions but also on the strength of connectivity among them.

    “The effective integration of these processes relies not only on the functional recruitment of implicated brain regions, but also on the strength of connectivity among them (Hwang et al., 2010, van Belle et al., 2014).”

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  • Connectivity between the prefrontal cortex and other cortical areas increases from childhood into adolescence, with some connections continuing to strengthen from adolescence to adulthood.

    “connectivity between the prefrontal cortex and other cortical areas increased from childhood into adolescence, with some connections continuing to strengthen from adolescence to adulthood.”

    From The dual systems model: Review, reappraisal, and reaffirmation (2016) · cites this paper as Hwang et al., 2010

  • Slightly posterior and ventral portions of the insula showed curvilinear thinning, similar to pruning patterns in reward-related regions such as the striatum.

    “Meanwhile, slightly posterior and ventral portions of the insula evinced a curvilinear pattern of thinning, similar to pruning patterns found in reward-related regions (the striatum) [63].”
  • PPC in childhood may support attentional modulation.

    “PPC in childhood may support attentional modulation (Asplund et al., 2010) as has been found to be predominant at this age during AS performance (Hwang et al., 2010).”

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Authors
Hwang, K., Velanova, K., & Luna, B.
Affiliations
University of Pittsburgh (US)
Venue
The Journal of Neuroscience
Published
2010-11-17
Volume
30
Issue
46
Pages
15535-15545
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
OpenAlex
W2025651860
Cited by
314
References
89
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 31 · 2012: 19
FWCI
12.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH-067924, K01MH082123, R01MH067924)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
inhibitory control, cognitive control, top-down connectivity, effective connectivity, developmental changes, adolescence, prefrontal cortex, parietal cortex, oculomotor control, antisaccade task, prosaccade task, subcortical structures, Granger causality
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Child, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Nerve Net, Neural Inhibition, Neural Pathways, Psychomotor Performance, Prefrontal Cortex, Young Adult

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