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Electrophysiological dynamics of antagonistic brain networks reflect attentional fluctuations
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Electrophysiological dynamics of antagonistic brain networks reflect attentional fluctuations

Aaron Kucyi, Amy Daitch, Omri Raccah, Baotian Zhao, Chao Zhang, Michael Esterman, Michael Zeineh, Casey H Halpern, Kai Zhang, Jianguo Zhang, …
Nature communications, v 11(1), pp 325-325
16 Jan 2020
PMID: 31949140
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14166-2View
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Attention - physiology Brain - diagnostic imaging Brain - physiology Brain Mapping Cerebral Cortex - diagnostic imaging Cerebral Cortex - physiology Cognitive Neuroscience Electrocorticography Electrophysiological Phenomena Humans Imaging, Three-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Nerve Net - physiology Neural Pathways - physiology Radio Waves Rest Task Performance and Analysis
Neuroimaging evidence suggests that the default mode network (DMN) exhibits antagonistic activity with dorsal attention (DAN) and salience (SN) networks. Here we use human intracranial electroencephalography to investigate the behavioral relevance of fine-grained dynamics within and between these networks. The three networks show dissociable profiles of task-evoked electrophysiological activity, best captured in the high-frequency broadband (HFB; 70-170 Hz) range. On the order of hundreds of milliseconds, HFB responses peak fastest in the DAN, at intermediate speed in the SN, and slowest in the DMN. Lapses of attention (behavioral errors) are marked by distinguishable patterns of both pre- and post-stimulus HFB activity within each network. Moreover, the magnitude of temporally lagged, negative HFB coupling between the DAN and DMN (but not SN and DMN) is associated with greater sustained attention performance and is reduced during wakeful rest. These findings underscore the behavioral relevance of temporally delayed coordination between antagonistic brain networks.

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