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@ARTICLE{Liu:157758,
author = {Liu, Peng and Chrysidou, Anastasia and Döhler, Juliane and
Hebart, Martin N and Wolbers, Thomas and Kuehn, Esther},
title = {{T}he organizational principles of de-differentiated
topographic maps in somatosensory cortex.},
journal = {eLife},
volume = {10},
issn = {2050-084X},
address = {Cambridge},
publisher = {eLife Sciences Publications},
reportid = {DZNE-2021-01215},
pages = {e60090},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Topographic maps are a fundamental feature of cortex
architecture in the mammalian brain. One common theory is
that the de-differentiation of topographic maps links to
impairments in everyday behavior due to less precise
functional map readouts. Here, we tested this theory by
characterizing de-differentiated topographic maps in primary
somatosensory cortex (SI) of younger and older adults by
means of ultra-high resolution functional magnetic resonance
imaging together with perceptual finger individuation and
hand motor performance. Older adults' SI maps showed similar
amplitude and size to younger adults' maps, but presented
with less representational similarity between distant
fingers. Larger population receptive field sizes in older
adults' maps did not correlate with behavior, whereas
reduced cortical distances between D2 and D3 related to
worse finger individuation but better motor performance. Our
data uncover the drawbacks of a simple de-differentiation
model of topographic map function, and motivate the
introduction of feature-based models of cortical
reorganization.},
keywords = {Adult / Age Factors / Brain Mapping: instrumentation /
Brain Mapping: methods / Female / Hand / Humans / Magnetic
Resonance Imaging: methods / Male / Physical Stimulation /
Somatosensory Cortex: physiology / Young Adult / 7 Tesla MRI
(Other) / aging (Other) / human (Other) / neuroscience
(Other) / pRF mapping (Other) / somatosensation (Other) /
somatotopy (Other) / touch (Other)},
cin = {AG Wolbers / AG Düzel},
ddc = {600},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1310002 / I:(DE-2719)5000006},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:34003108},
pmc = {pmc:PMC8186903},
doi = {10.7554/eLife.60090},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/157758},
}