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Default-mode network streams for coupling to language and control systems

2020; National Academy of Sciences; Volume: 117; Issue: 29 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1073/pnas.2005238117

1091-6490

Evan M. Gordon, Timothy O. Laumann, Scott Marek, Ryan V. Raut, Caterina Gratton, Dillan J. Newbold, Deanna J. Greene, Rebecca S. Coalson, Abraham Z. Snyder, Bradley L. Schlaggar, Steven E. Petersen, Nico U.F. Dosenbach, Scott M. Nelson,

Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Significance The human brain is organized into large networks. One important brain network is the Default network, which enables cognitive functions such as social thinking, memory, and reward. In group-averaged data, this network emerges as a unitary whole, despite its involvement in multiple cognitive functions. Here, we tested whether Default networks found in individual humans, rather than group-average networks, contain organized substructure. In individuals, we consistently found nine subnetworks within the Default network. These subnetworks matched brain activity patterns during cognitive tasks. Some subnetworks resembled brain circuits involved in specific Default functions. Others linked Default network to other large networks. In summary, this study describes a set of brain circuits within the Default networks of individual humans.