Functional connectivity of the mid-cingulate cortex

Introduction: The anterior mid-cingulate cortex (aMCC) plays a crucial role in action initiation (Hoffstaedter et al., under review). Furthermore, multiple prefrontal, parietal, and premotor areas interact with the aMCC in context of self-initiated movements, which may thus play a key role in motor control. The aMCC may thus represent an interface between cognitive and motor networks. Here we tested this assumption comparing functional connectivity patterns of the MCC (1) in the context of explicit task conditions and (2) at “rest”, i.e., during the absence of an external task. Methods: (1) Using the BrainMap da…