Functional resilience of the neural visual recognition system post-pediatric occipitotemporal resection

Summary: Neural representations for visual stimuli typically emerge with a bilateral distribution across occipitotemporal cortex (OTC). Pediatric patients undergoing unilateral OTC resection offer an opportunity to evaluate whether representations for visual stimulus individuation can sufficiently d...

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Main Authors: Michael C. Granovetter, Anne Margarette S. Maallo, Shouyu Ling, Sophia Robert, Erez Freud, Christina Patterson, Marlene Behrmann
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Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
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author Michael C. Granovetter
Anne Margarette S. Maallo
Shouyu Ling
Sophia Robert
Erez Freud
Christina Patterson
Marlene Behrmann
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description Summary: Neural representations for visual stimuli typically emerge with a bilateral distribution across occipitotemporal cortex (OTC). Pediatric patients undergoing unilateral OTC resection offer an opportunity to evaluate whether representations for visual stimulus individuation can sufficiently develop in a single OTC. Here, we assessed the non-resected hemisphere of patients with pediatric resection within (n = 9) and outside (n = 12) OTC, as well as healthy controls’ two hemispheres (n = 21). Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we mapped category selectivity (CS), and representations for visual stimulus individuation (for faces, objects, and words) with repetition suppression (RS). There were no group differences in CS or RS. However, OTC resection patients’ accuracy on face and object (but not word) recognition was lower than controls’. The neuroimaging results highlight neural resilience following damage to the contralateral homologue. Critically, however, a single OTC does not suffice for typical behavior, and, thereby, implicates the necessary contributions of bilateral OTC for visual recognition.
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spelling doaj-art-172eeccd76dc4646835f12a15437b8aa2025-08-20T01:59:39ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422024-12-01271211144010.1016/j.isci.2024.111440Functional resilience of the neural visual recognition system post-pediatric occipitotemporal resectionMichael C. Granovetter0Anne Margarette S. Maallo1Shouyu Ling2Sophia Robert3Erez Freud4Christina Patterson5Marlene Behrmann6Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA; Corresponding authorDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USADepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USADepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USADepartment of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USADepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Corresponding authorSummary: Neural representations for visual stimuli typically emerge with a bilateral distribution across occipitotemporal cortex (OTC). Pediatric patients undergoing unilateral OTC resection offer an opportunity to evaluate whether representations for visual stimulus individuation can sufficiently develop in a single OTC. Here, we assessed the non-resected hemisphere of patients with pediatric resection within (n = 9) and outside (n = 12) OTC, as well as healthy controls’ two hemispheres (n = 21). Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we mapped category selectivity (CS), and representations for visual stimulus individuation (for faces, objects, and words) with repetition suppression (RS). There were no group differences in CS or RS. However, OTC resection patients’ accuracy on face and object (but not word) recognition was lower than controls’. The neuroimaging results highlight neural resilience following damage to the contralateral homologue. Critically, however, a single OTC does not suffice for typical behavior, and, thereby, implicates the necessary contributions of bilateral OTC for visual recognition.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224026658NeuroscienceSensory neuroscience
spellingShingle Michael C. Granovetter
Anne Margarette S. Maallo
Shouyu Ling
Sophia Robert
Erez Freud
Christina Patterson
Marlene Behrmann
Functional resilience of the neural visual recognition system post-pediatric occipitotemporal resection
iScience
Neuroscience
Sensory neuroscience
title Functional resilience of the neural visual recognition system post-pediatric occipitotemporal resection
title_full Functional resilience of the neural visual recognition system post-pediatric occipitotemporal resection
title_fullStr Functional resilience of the neural visual recognition system post-pediatric occipitotemporal resection
title_full_unstemmed Functional resilience of the neural visual recognition system post-pediatric occipitotemporal resection
title_short Functional resilience of the neural visual recognition system post-pediatric occipitotemporal resection
title_sort functional resilience of the neural visual recognition system post pediatric occipitotemporal resection
topic Neuroscience
Sensory neuroscience
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224026658
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