Chronotopic maps in human supplementary motor area.

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Title
Chronotopic maps in human supplementary motor area.
Journal
PLoS biology
Author(s)
Protopapa F., Hayashi M.J., Kulashekhar S., van der Zwaag W., Battistella G., Murray M.M., Kanai R., Bueti D.
ISSN
1545-7885 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1544-9173
Publication state
Published
Issued date
03/2019
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
17
Number
3
Pages
e3000026
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Clinical Trial ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Time is a fundamental dimension of everyday experiences. We can unmistakably sense its passage and adjust our behavior accordingly. Despite its ubiquity, the neuronal mechanisms underlying the capacity to perceive time remains unclear. Here, in two experiments using ultrahigh-field 7-Tesla (7T) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we show that in the medial premotor cortex (supplementary motor area [SMA]) of the human brain, neural units tuned to different durations are orderly mapped in contiguous portions of the cortical surface so as to form chronomaps. The response of each portion in a chronomap is enhanced by neighboring durations and suppressed by nonpreferred durations represented in distant portions of the map. These findings suggest duration-sensitive tuning as a possible neural mechanism underlying the recognition of time and demonstrate, for the first time, that the representation of an abstract feature such as time can be instantiated by a topographical arrangement of duration-sensitive neural populations.
Keywords
Adult, Brain/physiology, Brain Mapping/methods, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods, Male, Motor Activity/physiology, Motor Cortex/physiology, Young Adult
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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