Neuron
July 16, 2021
Yitzhak Norman, Omri Raccah, Su Liu et al.
SUMMARY Hippocampal ripples are prominent synchronization events generated by hippocampal neuronal assemblies. To date, ripples have been primarily associated with navigational memory in rodents and shortterm episodic recollections in humans. Here, we uncover different profiles of ripple activity in the human hippocampus during the retrieval of recent and remote autobiographical events and...
bioRxiv
July 14, 2021
Jian Li, W. Curley, B. Guérin et al.
preprint
The default mode network (DMN) mediates self-awareness and introspection, core components of human consciousness. Therapies to restore consciousness in patients with severe brain injuries have historically targeted subcortical sites in the brainstem, thalamus, hypothalamus, basal forebrain, and basal ganglia, with the goal of reactivating cortical DMN nodes. However, the subcortical...
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
July 5, 2021
Jonathan Smallwood, Boris C. Bernhardt, Robert Leech et al.
970 citations
The default mode network (DMN) is a set of widely distributed brain regions in the parietal, temporal and frontal cortex. These regions often show reductions in activity during attention-demanding tasks but increase their activity across multiple forms of complex cognition, many of which are linked to memory or abstract thought. Within the cortex, the DMN has been shown to be located in regions...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
June 30, 2021
Lars Stiernman, F. Grill, A. Hahn et al.
Significance A consistent finding from functional MRI (fMRI) of externally focused cognitive control is negative signal change in the brain’s default mode network (DMN), but it is unknown whether this reflects an increase of synaptic activity during rest periods or active suppression during task. Using hybrid PET-MRI, we show that task-positive fMRI responses align with increasing glucose...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
June 11, 2021
K. Clancy, Jeremy A. Andrzejewski, Yuqi You et al.
Significance In the brain’s functional organization, the default mode network (DMN) represents a key architecture, whose dysregulation is involved in a host of major neuropsychiatric disorders. However, insights into the regulation of the DMN remain scarce. Through neural synchrony, the alpha-frequency oscillation represents another key underpinning of the brain’s organization and is thought to...
Neuroimage
May 2, 2021
Conghui Su, Hui Zhou, Liang Gong et al.
Cutting-edge recommendation algorithms have been widely used by media platforms to suggest users with personalized content. While such user-specific recommendations may satisfy users' needs to obtain intended information, some users may develop a problematic use pattern manifested by addiction-like undesired behaviors. Using a popular video sharing and recommending platform (TikTok) as an...
Brain Sciences
April 29, 2021
Kathryn J Devaney, Emily J Levin, Vaibhav Tripathi et al.
Meditation experience has previously been shown to improve performance on behavioral assessments of attention, but the neural bases of this improvement are unknown. Two prominent, strongly competing networks exist in the human cortex: a dorsal attention network, that is activated during focused attention, and a default mode network, that is suppressed during attentionally demanding tasks. Prior...
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
April 23, 2021
Maja Rou Marstrand-Joergensen, M. Madsen, Dea Siggaard Stenbæk et al.
20 citations
Evaluating associations between the five-factor personality domains and resting-state functional connectivity networks (e.g. default mode network, DMN) highlights distributed neurobiological systems linked to behaviorally relevant phenotypes. Establishing these associations can highlight a potential underlying role for these neural pathways in related clinical illness and treatment response....
NeuroImage: Clinical
April 8, 2021
Megan M. Ritchay, A. Huggins, Alexander L. Wallace et al.
Highlights • We examined resting state connectivity in the DMN in cannabis users and controls.• Cannabis users displayed abnormal connectivity compared to healthy controls.• Abnormal connectivity in cannabis users related to poorer cognitive performance.• Abnormal brain communication may remain after ≥ 3 weeks of cannabis abstinence.
Cell Reports
March 16, 2021
Clément M. Garin, Yuki Hori, Stefan Everling et al.
SUMMARY The human default mode network (DMN) is engaged at rest and in cognitive states such as self-directed thoughts. Interconnected homologous cortical areas in primates constitute a network considered as the equivalent. Here, based on a cross-species comparison of the DMN between humans and non-hominoid primates (macaques, marmosets, and mouse lemurs), we report major dissimilarities in...