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Attention Networks in the Parietooccipital Cortex Modulate Activity of the Human Vestibular Cortex during Attentive Visual Processing

Sebastian M. Frank, Maja Pawellek, Lisa Forster, Berthold Langguth, Martin Schecklmann and Mark W. Greenlee
Journal of Neuroscience 29 January 2020, 40 (5) 1110-1119; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1952-19.2019
Sebastian M. Frank
1Institute for Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg 93053, Germany, 2Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, and
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Maja Pawellek
1Institute for Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg 93053, Germany,
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Lisa Forster
1Institute for Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg 93053, Germany,
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Berthold Langguth
3Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg 93053, Germany
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Martin Schecklmann
3Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg 93053, Germany
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Mark W. Greenlee
1Institute for Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg 93053, Germany,
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Abstract

Previous studies in human subjects reported that the parieto-insular vestibular cortex (PIVC), a core area of the vestibular cortex, is inhibited when visual processing is prioritized. However, it has remained unclear which networks in the brain modulate this inhibition of PIVC. Based on previous results showing that the inhibition of PIVC is strongly influenced by visual attention, we here examined whether attention networks in the parietooccipital cortex modulate the inhibition of PIVC. Using diffusion-weighted and resting-state fMRI in a group of female and male subjects, we found structural and functional connections between PIVC and the posterior parietal cortex (PPC), a major brain region of the cortical attention network. We then temporarily inhibited PPC by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and hypothesized that the modulatory influence of PPC over PIVC would be reduced; and, as a result, PIVC would be less inhibited. Subjects performed a visual attentional tracking task immediately after rTMS, and the inhibition of PIVC during attentive tracking was measured with fMRI. The results showed that the inhibition of PIVC during attentive tracking was less pronounced compared with sham rTMS. We also examined the effects of inhibitory rTMS over the occipital cortex and found that the visual-vestibular posterior insular cortex area was less activated during attentive tracking compared with sham rTMS or rTMS over PPC. Together, these results suggest that attention networks in the parietooccipital cortex modulate activity in core areas of the vestibular cortex during attentive visual processing.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Although multisensory integration is generally considered beneficial, it can become detrimental when cues from different senses are in conflict. The occurrence of such multisensory conflicts can be minimized by inhibiting core cortical areas of the subordinate sensory system (e.g., vestibular), thus reducing potential conflict with ongoing processing of the prevailing sensory (e.g., visual) cues. However, it has remained unclear which networks in the brain modulate the magnitude of inhibition of the subordinate sensory system. Here, by investigating the inhibition of the vestibular sensory system when visual processing is prioritized, we show that attention networks in the parietooccipital cortex modulate the magnitude of inhibition of the vestibular cortex.

  • attention
  • cross-modal inhibition
  • multisensory conflicts
  • parietooccipital cortex
  • rTMS
  • visual-vestibular interaction
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Sebastian M. Frank, Maja Pawellek, Lisa Forster, Berthold Langguth, Martin Schecklmann, Mark W. Greenlee
Journal of Neuroscience 29 January 2020, 40 (5) 1110-1119; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1952-19.2019

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Journal of Neuroscience 29 January 2020, 40 (5) 1110-1119; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1952-19.2019
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  • multisensory conflicts
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