Title
Off-line consolidation of motor sequence learning results in greater integration within a cortico-striatal functional network.
Abstract
The consolidation of motor sequence learning is known to depend on sleep. Work in our laboratory and others have shown that the striatum is associated with this off-line consolidation process. In this study, we aimed to quantify the sleep-dependent dynamic changes occurring at the network level using a measure of functional integration. We directly compared changes in connectivity before and after sleep or the simple passage of daytime. As predicted, the results revealed greater integration within the cortico-striatal network after sleep, but not an equivalent daytime period. Importantly, a similar pattern of results was also observed using a data-driven approach; the increase in integration being specific to a cortico-striatal network, but not to other known functional networks. These findings reveal, for the first time, a new signature of motor sequence consolidation: a greater between-regions interaction within the cortico-striatal system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.05.022
NeuroImage
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Functional connectivity,Consolidation,Sleep,Motor learning,fMRI,Networks
Journal
99
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1053-8119
7
0.55
References 
Authors
8
10
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Karen Debas170.55
Julie Carrier2162.07
Marc Barakat370.55
Guillaume Marrelec442629.12
Pierre Bellec530021.78
Abdallah Hadj Tahar670.55
Avi Karni7152.15
Leslie G. Ungerleider89717.33
Habib Benali983768.94
Julien Doyon1024022.45