期刊
NEUROIMAGE
卷 236, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118023
关键词
Plasticity; Blindness; Executive function; Executive demand; Response selection; Pluripotency
资金
- Johns Hopkins Science of Learning Institute [80034917]
- NIH/NEI [R01 EY02735201]
- National Science Foundation [DGE-1232825]
- National Federation of the Blind
Studies on occipital cortex plasticity in blindness reveal that a right-lateralized occipital network in blind individuals responds to non-verbal executive processes, including response selection, and connectivity with the prefrontal cortex plays a crucial role in plasticity in blindness.
Studies of occipital cortex plasticity in blindness provide insight into how intrinsic constraints interact with experience to determine cortical specialization. We tested the cognitive nature and anatomical origins of occipital responses during non-verbal, non-spatial auditory tasks. In a go/no-go task, congenitally blind ( N = 23) and sighted ( N = 24) individuals heard rapidly occurring ( < 1/s) non-verbal sounds and made one of two button presses (frequent-go 50%, infrequent-go 25%) or withheld a response (no-go, 25%). Rapid and frequent button presses heighten response selection/inhibition demands on the no-go trials: In sighted and blind adults a right-lateralized prefrontal (PFC) network responded most to no-go trials, followed by infrequent-go and finally frequent-go trials. In the blind group only, a right-lateralized occipital network showed the same response profile and the laterality of occipital and PFC responses was correlated across blind individuals. A second experiment with spoken sentences and equations ( N = 16) found that no-go responses in occipital cortex are distinct from previously identified occipital responses to spoken language. Finally, in resting-state data ( N = 30 blind, N = 31 blindfolded sighted), no-go responsive 'visual' cortex of blind relative to sighted participants was more synchronized with PFC and less synchronized with primary auditory and sensory-motor cortices. No-go responsive occipital cortex showed higher resting-state correlations with no-go responsive PFC than language responsive inferior frontal cortex. We conclude that in blindness, a right-lateralized occipital network responds to non-verbal executive processes, including response selection. These results suggest that connectivity with fronto-parietal executive networks is a key mechanism for plasticity in blindness.
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