Laura O'Halloran
Neural circuitry underlying sustained attention in healthy adolescents and in ADHD symptomatology
O'Halloran, Laura; Cao, Zhipeng; Ruddy, Kathy; Jollans, Lee; Albaugh, Matthew D.; Aleni, Andrea; Potter, Alexandra S.; Vahey, Nigel; Banaschewski, Tobias; Hohmann, Sarah; Bokde, Arun L.W.; Bromberg, Uli; B�chel, Christian; Quinlan, Erin Burke; Desrivi�res, Sylvane; Flor, Herta; Frouin, Vincent; Gowland, Penny A.; Heinz, Andreas; Ittermann, Bernd; Nees, Frauke; Orfanos, Dimitri Papadopoulos; Paus, Tom�; Smolka, Michael N.; Walter, Henrik; Schumann, Gunter; Garavan, Hugh; Kelly, Clare; Whelan, Robert
Authors
Zhipeng Cao
Kathy Ruddy
Lee Jollans
Matthew D. Albaugh
Andrea Aleni
Alexandra S. Potter
Nigel Vahey
Tobias Banaschewski
Sarah Hohmann
Arun L.W. Bokde
Uli Bromberg
Christian B�chel
Erin Burke Quinlan
Sylvane Desrivi�res
Herta Flor
Vincent Frouin
Professor PENNY GOWLAND PENNY.GOWLAND@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Physics
Andreas Heinz
Bernd Ittermann
Frauke Nees
Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos
Tom� Paus
Michael N. Smolka
Henrik Walter
Gunter Schumann
Hugh Garavan
Clare Kelly
Robert Whelan
Abstract
Moment-to-moment reaction time variability on tasks of attention, often quantified by intra-individual response variability (IRV), provides a good indication of the degree to which an individual is vulnerable to lapses in sustained attention. Increased IRV is a hallmark of several disorders of attention, including Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Here, task-based fMRI was used to provide the first examination of how average brain activation and functional connectivity patterns in adolescents are related to individual differences in sustained attention as measured by IRV. We computed IRV in a large sample of adolescents (n=758) across 'Go' trials of a Stop Signal Task (SST). A data-driven, multi-step analysis approach was used to identify networks associated with low IRV (i.e., good sustained attention) and high IRV (i.e., poorer sustained attention). Low IRV was associated with greater functional segregation (i.e., stronger negative connectivity) amongst an array of brain networks, particularly between cerebellum and motor, cerebellum and prefrontal, and occipital and motor networks. In contrast, high IRV was associated with stronger positive connectivity within the motor network bilaterally and between motor and parietal, prefrontal, and limbic networks. Consistent with these observations, a separate sample of adolescents exhibiting elevated ADHD symptoms had increased fMRI activation and stronger positive connectivity within the same motor network denoting poorer sustained attention, compared to a matched asymptomatic control sample. With respect to the functional connectivity signature of low IRV, there were no statistically significant differences in networks denoting good sustained attention between the ADHD symptom group and asymptomatic control group. We propose that sustained attentional processes are facilitated by an array of neural networks working together, and provide an empirical account of how the functional role of the cerebellum extends to cognition in adolescents. This work highlights the involvement of motor cortex in the integrity of sustained attention, and suggests that atypically strong connectivity within motor networks characterizes poor attentional capacity in both typically developing and ADHD symptomatic adolescents.
Citation
O'Halloran, L., Cao, Z., Ruddy, K., Jollans, L., Albaugh, M. D., Aleni, A., …Whelan, R. (2018). Neural circuitry underlying sustained attention in healthy adolescents and in ADHD symptomatology. NeuroImage, 169, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.030
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 11, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 21, 2017 |
Publication Date | Apr 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Dec 12, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 22, 2018 |
Journal | NeuroImage |
Print ISSN | 1053-8119 |
Electronic ISSN | 1095-9572 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 169 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.030 |
Keywords | Functional connectivity, fMRI, Reaction-time variability, SST, Attention, ADHD |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/922882 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811917310522 |
Contract Date | Dec 12, 2017 |
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