Brain, Vol 120, Issue 3 515-533, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
AC Nobre, GN Sebestyen, DR Gitelman, MM Mesulam, RS Frackowiak and CD Frith
PET was used to image the neural system underlying visuospatial attention.
Analysis of data at both the group and individual-subject level provided
anatomical resolution superior to that described to date. Six right-handed
male subjects were selected from a pilot behavioural study in which
behavioural responses and eye movements were recorded. The attention tasks
involved covert shifts of attention, where peripheral cues indicated the
location of subsequent target stimuli to be discriminated. One attention
condition emphasized reflexive aspects of spatial orientation, while the
other required controlled shifts of attention. PET activations agreed
closely with the cortical regions recently proposed to form the core of a
neural network for spatial attention. The two attention tasks evoked
largely overlapping patterns of neural activation, supporting the existence
of a general neural system for visuospatial attention with regional
functional specialization. Specifically, neocortical activations were
observed in the right anterior cingulate gyrus (Brodmann area 24), in the
intraparietal sulcus of right posterior parietal cortex, and in the mesial
and lateral premotor cortices (Brodmann area 6).
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