PMID- 21613466 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120420 LR - 20191210 IS - 1460-2199 (Electronic) IS - 1047-3211 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 1 DP - 2012 Jan TI - Distinct patterns of functional and effective connectivity between perirhinal cortex and other cortical regions in recognition memory and perceptual discrimination. PG - 74-85 LID - 10.1093/cercor/bhr075 [doi] AB - Traditionally, the medial temporal lobe (MTL) is thought to be dedicated to declarative memory. Recent evidence challenges this view, suggesting that perirhinal cortex (PrC), which interfaces the MTL with the ventral visual pathway, supports highly integrated object representations in recognition memory and perceptual discrimination. Even with comparable representational demands, perceptual and memory tasks differ in numerous task demands and the subjective experience they evoke. Here, we tested whether such differences are reflected in distinct patterns of connectivity between PrC and other cortical regions, including differential involvement of prefrontal control processes. We examined functional magnetic resonance imaging data for closely matched perceptual and recognition memory tasks for faces that engaged right PrC equivalently. Multivariate seed analyses revealed distinct patterns of interactions: Right ventrolateral prefrontal and posterior cingulate cortices exhibited stronger functional connectivity with PrC in recognition memory; fusiform regions were part of the pattern that displayed stronger functional connectivity with PrC in perceptual discrimination. Structural equation modeling revealed distinct patterns of effective connectivity that allowed us to constrain interpretation of these findings. Overall, they demonstrate that, even when MTL structures show similar involvement in recognition memory and perceptual discrimination, differential neural mechanisms are reflected in the interplay between the MTL and other cortical regions. FAU - O'Neil, Edward B AU - O'Neil EB AD - Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Protzner, Andrea B AU - Protzner AB FAU - McCormick, Cornelia AU - McCormick C FAU - McLean, D Adam AU - McLean DA FAU - Poppenk, Jordan AU - Poppenk J FAU - Cate, Anthony D AU - Cate AD FAU - Kohler, Stefan AU - Kohler S LA - eng GR - MOP 93644/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110525 PL - United States TA - Cereb Cortex JT - Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) JID - 9110718 RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - *Brain Mapping MH - Discrimination, Psychological/*physiology MH - Face MH - Functional Laterality MH - Humans MH - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging MH - Nerve Net/blood supply/physiology MH - Neuropsychological Tests MH - Oxygen/blood MH - Pattern Recognition, Visual/*physiology MH - Photic Stimulation/methods MH - Recognition, Psychology/*physiology MH - Temporal Lobe/blood supply/*physiology MH - Visual Pathways/blood supply/*physiology EDAT- 2011/05/27 06:00 MHDA- 2012/04/21 06:00 CRDT- 2011/05/27 06:00 PHST- 2011/05/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/05/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/04/21 06:00 [medline] AID - bhr075 [pii] AID - 10.1093/cercor/bhr075 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cereb Cortex. 2012 Jan;22(1):74-85. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhr075. Epub 2011 May 25.