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Combined diffusion-weighted and functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals a temporal-occipital network involved in auditory-visual object processing
Beer, Anton Ludwig, Plank, Tina, Meyer, Georg and Greenlee, Mark W. (2013) Combined diffusion-weighted and functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals a temporal-occipital network involved in auditory-visual object processing. Frontiers in integrative neuroscience 7, p. 5.Date of publication of this fulltext: 02 Sep 2013 12:20
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.28766
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed that the superior temporal and occipital cortex are involved in multisensory integration. Probabilistic fiber tracking based on diffusion-weighted MRI suggests that multisensory processing is supported by white matter connections between auditory cortex and the temporal and occipital lobe. Here, we present a combined functional MRI and ...
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed that the superior temporal and occipital cortex are involved in multisensory integration. Probabilistic fiber tracking based on diffusion-weighted MRI suggests that multisensory processing is supported by white matter connections between auditory cortex and the temporal and occipital lobe. Here, we present a combined functional MRI and probabilistic fiber tracking study that reveals multisensory processing mechanisms that remained undetected by either technique alone. Ten healthy participants passively observed visually presented lip or body movements, heard speech or body action sounds, or were exposed to a combination of both. Bimodal stimulation engaged a temporal-occipital brain network including the multisensory superior temporal sulcus (msSTS), the lateral superior temporal gyrus (lSTG), and the extrastriate body area (EBA). A region-of-interest (ROI) analysis showed multisensory interactions (e.g., subadditive responses to bimodal compared to unimodal stimuli) in the msSTS, the lSTG, and the EBA region. Moreover, sounds elicited responses in the medial occipital cortex. Probabilistic tracking revealed white matter tracts between the auditory cortex and the medial occipital cortex, the inferior occipital cortex (IOC), and the superior temporal sulcus (STS). However, STS terminations of auditory cortex tracts showed limited overlap with the msSTS region. Instead, msSTS was connected to primary sensory regions via intermediate nodes in the temporal and occipital cortex. Similarly, the lSTG and EBA regions showed limited direct white matter connections but instead were connected via intermediate nodes. Our results suggest that multisensory processing in the STS is mediated by separate brain areas that form a distinct network in the lateral temporal and inferior occipital cortex.
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| Item type | Article | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Frontiers in integrative neuroscience | ||||||
| Publisher: | Frontiers | ||||||
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| Open Access Type: | Gold (with APC) | ||||||
| Volume: | 7 | ||||||
| Page Range: | p. 5 | ||||||
| Date | 2013 | ||||||
| Institutions | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie I (Allgemeine Psychologie I und Methodenlehre) - Prof. Dr. Mark W. Greenlee | ||||||
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| Keywords | DWI, auditory cortex, extrastriate body area, fMRI, fiber tractography, multisensory processing, structural connectivity, superior temporal sulcus | ||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology | ||||||
| Status | Published | ||||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Partially | ||||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-287664 | ||||||
| Item ID | 28766 |
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