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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 1, 2003, 23(11):4689-4699
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Functional Organization of Human Intraparietal and Frontal Cortex for Attending, Looking, and Pointing
Serguei V. Astafiev,1
Gordon L. Shulman,2
Christine M. Stanley,1
Abraham Z. Snyder,1,2
David C. Van Essen,3 and
Maurizio Corbetta1,2,3
1 Department of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington
University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110,
2 Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis,
Missouri 63110, and
3 Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of
Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
We studied the functional organization of human posterior parietal and
frontal cortex using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to map
preparatory signals for attending, looking, and pointing to a peripheral
visual location. The human frontal eye field and two separate regions in the
intraparietal sulcus were similarly recruited in all conditions, suggesting an
attentional role that generalizes across response effectors. However, the
preparation of a pointing movement selectively activated a different group of
regions, suggesting a stronger role in motor planning. These regions were
lateralized to the left hemisphere, activated by preparation of movements of
either hand, and included the inferior and superior parietal lobule,
precuneus, and posterior superior temporal sulcus, plus the dorsal premotor
and anterior cingulate cortex anteriorly. Surface-based registration of
macaque cortical areas onto the map of fMRI responses suggests a relatively
good spatial correspondence between human and macaque parietal areas. In
contrast, large interspecies differences were noted in the topography of
frontal areas.
Key words: fMRI; parietal cortex; frontal cortex; attention; eye movements; arm pointing
Received Nov. 18, 2002;
revised Feb. 26, 2003;
accepted Mar. 20, 2003.
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