Journal
NEUROIMAGE
Volume 45, Issue 2, Pages 537-548Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.12.032
Keywords
Task-setting; Left prefrontal cortex; fMRI; Partial Least Squares; Functional connectivity
Funding
- Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery and Canadian Institute of Health Research [CIHR, MFE-87658]
- CIHR [MT-12853, GR-14974]
- J. S. McDonnell foundation [220020082, 21002032]
- Louis and Leah Posluns Centre for Stroke and Cognition
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That the left prefrontal cortex has a critical role setting response criteria for numerous tasks has been well established, but gaps remain in our understanding of the brain mechanisms of task-setting. We aimed at (i) testing the involvement of this region in setting the criteria for a non-response and (ii) assessing functional connectivity between this and other brain regions involved in task-setting. Fourteen young participants performed a go/nogo task during functional magnetic resonance imaging. The task included two nogo visual stimuli which elicit a high (distractor) or a low (other) tendency to respond, respectively. Two task blocks were examined to assess learning the criteria. First, a multivariate Partial Least Squares (PLS) analysis identified brain regions that co-varied with task conditions, as expressed by two significant Latent Variables (LVs). One LV distinguished go and nogo stimuli. The other LV identified regions involved in the first block when the criteria not to respond to distractors were established. The left prefrontal region was prominently involved. Second, a left ventrolateral prefrontal area was selected from this LV as a seed region to perform functional connectivity using a multi-block PLS analysis. Results showed a distributed network functionally connected with the seed, including superior medial prefrontal and left superior parietal regions. These findings extend our understanding of task-setting along the following dimensions: 1) even when a task requires withholding a response, the left prefrontal cortex has a critical role in setting criteria, and 2) this region responds to the task demands within a distinctive functional network. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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