The Lateral Occipito-temporal Cortex Is Involved in the Mental Manipulation of Body Part Imagery.

ABSTRACT: The lateral occipito-temporal cortex (LOTC), including the extrastriate body area, is known to be involved in the perception of body parts. Although still controversial, recent studies have demonstrated the role of the LOTC in higher-level body-related cognition in humans. This study consisted of two experiments (E1 and E2). The first (E1) was an exploratory experiment to find the neural correlate of the mental manipulation of body part imagery, in which brain cerebral glucose metabolic rates and the performance of mental rotation of the hand were measured in 100 subjects who exhibited a range of symptoms of cognitive decline. In E1, we found that the level of glucose metabolism in the right LOTC was significantly correlated with performance in a task involving mental manipulation of the h

SUBMITTER: Kikuchi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5387072 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature