COMT and DRD2/ANKK-1 gene-gene interaction account for resetting of gamma neural oscillations to auditory stimulus-driven attention.
Por:
Garcia-Garcia M, Via-Garcia M, Zarnowiec K, SanMiguel I, Escera C and Clemente I
Publicada:
21 feb 2017
Ahead of Print:
21 feb 2017
Resumen:
Attention capture by potentially relevant environmental stimuli is critical for human survival, yet it varies considerably among individuals. A large series of studies has suggested that attention capture may depend on the cognitive balance between maintenance and manipulation of mental representations and the flexible switch between goal-directed representations and potentially relevant stimuli outside the focus of attention; a balance that seems modulated by a prefrontostriatal dopamine pathway. Here, we examined inter-individual differences in the cognitive control of attention through studying the effects of two single nucleotide polymorphisms regulating dopamine at the prefrontal cortex and the striatum (i.e., COMTMet108/158Val and ANKK1/DRD2TaqIA) on stimulus-driven attention capture. Healthy adult participants (N = 40) were assigned to different groups according to the combination of the polymorphisms COMTMet108/158Val and ANKK1/DRD2TaqIA, and were instructed to perform on a well-established distraction protocol. Performance in individuals with a balance between prefrontal dopamine display and striatal receptor density was slowed down by the occurrence of unexpected distracting events, while those with a rather unbalanced dopamine activity were able maintain task performance with no time delay, yet at the expense of a slightly lower accuracy. This advantage, associated to their distinct genetic profiles, was paralleled by an electrophysiological mechanism of phase-resetting of gamma neural oscillation to the novel, distracting events. Taken together, the current results suggest that the epistatic interaction between COMTVal108/158Met and ANKK1/DRD2 TaqIa genetic polymorphisms lies at the basis of stimulus-driven attention capture.
Filiaciones:
Garcia-Garcia M:
Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Brainlab-Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Via-Garcia M:
Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Brainlab-Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IR-SJD), Barcelona, Spain
Zarnowiec K:
Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Brainlab-Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
SanMiguel I:
Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Brainlab-Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IR-SJD), Barcelona, Spain
Escera C:
Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Brainlab-Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IR-SJD), Barcelona, Spain
Clemente I:
Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Brainlab-Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IR-SJD), Barcelona, Spain
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