Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (대한자기공명의과학회)
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Sequential Involvement of Distinct Portions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Different Stages of Decision Making Using the Iowa Gambling Task

갬블링 과제를사용한 의사결정 과정에서 중앙 전전두엽의 영역별 활성화에 대한 연구

  • Lee, Jae-Jun (Department of Medical & Biological Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Bae, Sung-Jin (Department of Medical & Biological Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kim, Yang-Tae (Department of Psychiatry, Bogok National Hospital) ;
  • Chang, Yong-Min (Department of Medical & Biological Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
  • 이재준 (경북대학교 의용생체공학과) ;
  • 배성진 (경북대학교 의용생체공학과) ;
  • 김양태 (국립부곡병원 정신의학과) ;
  • 장용민 (경북대학교 의용생체공학과)
  • Published : 2009.12.30
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Abstract

Purpose : Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to assess the temporal response of neural activation in healthy subjects while they performed the Iowa Gambling Test (IGT), which utilizes decisions involving ambiguity and risk. The IGT was divided into five blocks of 20 trials; analysis showed that activity in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) moves gradually from the dorsal to the ventral mPFC over the course of the IGT. These findings suggest that cognitive division of the mPFC, including the dorsal portion of the anterior cingulated cortex (ACC), plays a major role in ambiguous decision making and that the aspect of the IGT corresponding to risky decision making is associated with significant activity within the corticolimbic network strongly implicated in emotion and reinforcement. Our results also suggest that decisions made under ambiguity and decisions made under risk situations can be further divided into sub-phases based on the neural network involved.

목적: 정상인을 대상으로 과제의 규칙을 모른체 의사결정를 하는 경우 시간에 따른 뇌활성 영역의 차이를 lowa Gambling 과제를 수행하는 자기공명 뇌기능 영상을 사용하여 알아보고자하였다. 대상 및 방법: 14명의 오른손잡이 정상인(여자 5명, 남자 9명, 평균나이 26.8세)을 대상으로 100개로 구성된 lowa Gambling과제를 수행하는 동안 자기공명 뇌기능영상을 획득하였다. GE 3.0T 자기공명영상 장치에서 혈액산소포화 의존(BOLD)기법을 사용하여 EPI 데이터 (에코시간 40 ms, 반복시간 2000 ms, 매트릭스 $64{\times}64$)를 획득한 후 MATLAB버전 7.2 (The Mathworks Inc., Natick, MA, USA)와 Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM 2; Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, London, UK) 분석툴을 이용하여 총 100개 중 20개 단위로 구성된 5개의 블록으로 나누어 분석하였다. 결과: 과제 수행초기 블록에서는 위쪽 중앙 전전두뇌엽에서의 뇌활성화를 나타내고 과제를 수행해 감에 따라 뇌활성화 영역이 점차 중앙 전전두뇌엽의 아래족으로 이동하는 결과를 나타내었다 (p < 0.005). 결론: 의사결정 과제의 규칙을 모르는 경우 과제를 수행하며 규칙을 알아가는데는 위쪽 중앙 전전두뇌엽의 영역을 사용하고 과제의 규칙을 깨달은 다음 의사결정을 수행하는 경우에는 아래쪽 중앙 전전두뇌엽의 영역을 사용함을 알수 있었다.

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