IMR Press / JIN / Volume 22 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.31083/j.jin2203074
Open Access Original Research
Exploring the Lifelong Changes of Interaction between Cingulo-Opercular Network and Other Cognitive Control Related Functional Networks Based on Multiple Connectivity Indices
Bukui Han1,2,†Guodong Wei1,2,†Fengyu Dou1,2Junhui Zhang1,2Xiaotong Wen1,2,3,*
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1 Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, 100872 Beijing, China
2 Laboratory of the Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, 100872 Beijing, China
3 Interdisciplinary Platform of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Renmin University of China, 100872 Beijing, China
*Correspondence: wenxiaotong@163.com (Xiaotong Wen)
These authors contributed equally.
J. Integr. Neurosci. 2023, 22(3), 74; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.jin2203074
Submitted: 6 October 2022 | Revised: 19 January 2023 | Accepted: 31 January 2023 | Published: 16 May 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: The cingulo-opercular network (CON) has been proposed to play a central role in cognitive control. The lifetime change mechanism of its integrity and interaction with other cognitive control-related functional networks (CCRNs) is closely associated with developing cognitive control behaviors but needs further elucidation. Methods: The resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data were recorded from 207 subjects, who were divided into three age groups: age 4–20, 21–59, and 60–85 years old. For each group, multiple indices (cross-correlation, total independence, and Granger causality) within CON and between CON and other cognitive control-related functional networks (dorsal attention network, DAN; central executive network, CEN; default mode network, DMN) were calculated and correlated with age to yield maps that delineated the changing pattern of CON-related interaction. Results: We found three main results. (1) The connectivity indices within the CON and between CON and the other three CCRNs showed significant enhancement from childhood to early adulthood (age 4–20 years), (2) mild attenuation within CON from early adulthood to middle age (age 21–59 years), and (3) significant attenuation within CON and between CON and DMN in the elder group (age 60–85 years). Conclusions: The results indicated the prominently increased integrity of within-CON and CON-CCRNs communication, mildly weakened within-CON communication, and significantly attenuated within-CON and CON-DMN communication, characterizing distinct changing patterns of CON-interaction at three different stages that covered a life-long span.

Keywords
cingulo-opercular network
cognitive control related network
functional connectivity
total interdependence
granger causality
life-long change
Funding
Fund for Building World-class Universities (disciplines) of Renmin University of China
Major Innovation & Planning Interdisciplinary Platform for the “Double-First Class” Initiative of Renmin University of China
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