Attentional modulation of alpha oscillations in macaque inferotemporal cortex.
Recent work reported the observation of alpha frequency oscillations (8-12 Hz) in several regions of macaque visual cortex, including V2, V4, and inferotemporal cortex (IT). While alpha-related physiology in V2 and V4 appears consistent with a role in attention-related suppression, in IT, alpha reactivity appears conflicted with such a role. We addressed this issue directly by analyzing laminar profiles of local field potentials and multiunit activities from the IT of macaque monkeys during performance of an intermodal selective attention task (visual versus auditory). We found that (1) before visual stimulus onset (-200 to 0 ms), attention to visual input increased ongoing alpha power in IT relative to attention to auditory input, and (2) in contrast to the prevailing view of alpha inhibition, the increased ongoing alpha activity is accompanied by increased concurrent multiunit firing and facilitates visual stimulus processing. These results suggest that ongoing alpha oscillations in IT play a different functional role than that in the occipital cortex and may be part of the neuronal mechanism representing task-relevant information.
J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
Jue
J
Mo
Charles E
CE
Schroeder
Mingzhou
M
Ding
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000513:Alpha Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004569:Electroencephalography; D008251:Macaca; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology
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