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Keyword: association cortex Clear all

3 claims from 2 papers

  1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

    The organization of the human cerebellum estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity

    Buckner, Krienen, Castellanos, Diaz and Yeo · Journal of Neurophysiology · 2011

    Using resting-state MRI from 1,000 people, the authors mapped how the human cerebellum connects to the cerebral cortex and found most of it links to association areas, in orderly, mirrored maps.

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    1. UncheckedAcross 17 cerebral networks, the share of cerebellum linked to each tracks its share of cerebrum, with a few exceptions such as primary visual cortex, which is absent.“Quantitative analysis of 17 distinct cerebral networks revealed that the extent of the cerebellum dedicated to each network is proportional to the network's extent in the cerebrum with a few exceptions, including primary visual cortex, which is not represented in the cerebellum.”
    2. UncheckedCerebellar regions linked to association cortex have separate front and back representations that mirror each other, as the movement-related ones do.“Like somatomotor representations, cerebellar regions linked to association cortex have separate anterior and posterior representations that are oriented as mirror images of one another.”
  2. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

    Opportunities and limitations of intrinsic functional connectivity MRI

    Buckner, Krienen and Yeo · Nature Neuroscience · 2013

    This review describes what intrinsic functional connectivity MRI can reveal about large-scale human brain networks, and the factors that complicate interpreting it.

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    1. UncheckedFunctional coupling between brain regions changes over time, which suggests anatomical connections constrain it without fully determining it.“Functional coupling changes dynamically, suggesting that it is constrained by, but not fully dictated by, anatomic connectivity.”

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