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van den Hoven E, Reisert M, Musso M, Glauche V, Rijntjes M, Weiller C. Time to bury the chisel: a continuous dorsal association tract system. Brain Struct Funct 2024:10.1007/s00429-024-02829-w. [PMID: 39012483 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-024-02829-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2024] [Accepted: 07/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024]
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The arcuate fasciculus may be subdivided into a tract directly connecting frontal and temporal lobes and a pair of indirect subtracts in which the fronto-temporal connection is mediated by connections to the inferior parietal lobe. This tripartition has been advanced as an improvement over the centuries-old consensus that the lateral dorsal association fibers form a continuous system with no discernible discrete parts. Moreover, it has been used as the anatomical basis for functional hypotheses regarding linguistic abilities. Ex hypothesi, damage to the indirect subtracts leads to deficits in the repetition of multi-word sequences, whereas damage to the direct subtract leads to deficits in the immediate reproduction of single multisyllabic words. We argue that this partitioning of the dorsal association tract system enjoys no special anatomical status, and the search for the anatomical substrates of linguistic abilities should not be constrained by it. Instead, the merit of any postulated partitioning should primarily be judged on the basis of whether it enlightens or obfuscates our understanding of the behavior of patients in which individual subtracts are damaged.
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- Emiel van den Hoven
- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Department of Radiology - Medical Physics, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstraße 5a, Freiburg, 79106, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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Saur D. Beyond ventral and dorsal streams: thalamo-cortical connections for subcortical language integration. Brain 2024; 147:1927-1928. [PMID: 38829684 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
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Roelofs A. Wernicke's functional neuroanatomy model of language turns 150: what became of its psychological reflex arcs? Brain Struct Funct 2024:10.1007/s00429-024-02785-5. [PMID: 38581582 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-024-02785-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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Wernicke (Der aphasische Symptomencomplex: Eine psychologische Studie auf anatomischer Basis. Cohn und Weigert, Breslau. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/dwv5w9rw , 1874) proposed a model of the functional neuroanatomy of spoken word repetition, production, and comprehension. At the heart of this epoch-making model are psychological reflex arcs underpinned by fiber tracts connecting sensory to motor areas. Here, I evaluate the central assumption of psychological reflex arcs in light of what we have learned about language in the brain during the past 150 years. I first describe Wernicke's 1874 model and the evidence he presented for it. Next, I discuss his updates of the model published in 1886 and posthumously in 1906. Although the model had an enormous immediate impact, it lost influence after the First World War. Unresolved issues included the anatomical underpinnings of the psychological reflex arcs, the role of auditory images in word production, and the sufficiency of psychological reflex arcs, which was questioned by Wundt (Grundzüge der physiologischen Psychologie. Engelmann, Leipzig. http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/references?id=lit46 , 1874; Grundzüge der physiologischen Psychologie (Vol. 1, 5th ed.). Engelmann, Leipzig. http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/references?id=lit806 , 1902). After a long dormant period, Wernicke's model was revived by Geschwind (Science 170:940-944. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.170.3961.940 , 1970; Selected papers on language and the brain. Reidel, Dordrecht, 1974), who proposed a version of it that differed in several important respects from Wernicke's original. Finally, I describe how new evidence from modern research has led to a novel view on language in the brain, supplementing contemporary equivalents of psychological reflex arcs by other mechanisms such as attentional control and assuming different neuroanatomical underpinnings. In support of this novel view, I report new analyses of patient data and computer simulations using the WEAVER++/ARC model (Roelofs 2014, 2022) that incorporates attentional control and integrates the new evidence.
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- Ardi Roelofs
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognition, Radboud University, Thomas van Aquinostraat 4, 6525 GD, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Zhang Y, Shen SX, Bibic A, Wang X. Evolutionary continuity and divergence of auditory dorsal and ventral pathways in primates revealed by ultra-high field diffusion MRI. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2313831121. [PMID: 38377216 PMCID: PMC10907247 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313831121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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Auditory dorsal and ventral pathways in the human brain play important roles in supporting speech and language processing. However, the evolutionary root of the dual auditory pathways in the primate brain is unclear. By parcellating the auditory cortex of marmosets (a New World monkey species), macaques (an Old World monkey species), and humans using the same individual-based analysis method and tracking the pathways from the auditory cortex based on multi-shell diffusion-weighted MRI (dMRI), homologous auditory dorsal and ventral fiber tracks were identified in these primate species. The ventral pathway was found to be well conserved in all three primate species analyzed but extend to more anterior temporal regions in humans. In contrast, the dorsal pathway showed a divergence between monkey and human brains. First, frontal regions in the human brain have stronger connections to the higher-level auditory regions than to the lower-level auditory regions along the dorsal pathway, while frontal regions in the monkey brain show opposite connection patterns along the dorsal pathway. Second, the left lateralization of the dorsal pathway is only found in humans. Moreover, the connectivity strength of the dorsal pathway in marmosets is more similar to that of humans than macaques. These results demonstrate the continuity and divergence of the dual auditory pathways in the primate brains along the evolutionary path, suggesting that the putative neural networks supporting human speech and language processing might have emerged early in primate evolution.
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- Yang Zhang
- Laboratory of Auditory Neurophysiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD21205
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- Laboratory of Auditory Neurophysiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD21205
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- Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD21205
- Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, F. M. Kirby Center, Baltimore, MD21205
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- Laboratory of Auditory Neurophysiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD21205
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Liuzzi AG, Meersmans K, Peeters R, De Deyne S, Dupont P, Vandenberghe R. Semantic representations in inferior frontal and lateral temporal cortex during picture naming, reading, and repetition. Hum Brain Mapp 2024; 45:e26603. [PMID: 38339900 PMCID: PMC10836176 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Reading, naming, and repetition are classical neuropsychological tasks widely used in the clinic and psycholinguistic research. While reading and repetition can be accomplished by following a direct or an indirect route, pictures can be named only by means of semantic mediation. By means of fMRI multivariate pattern analysis, we evaluated whether this well-established fundamental difference at the cognitive level is associated at the brain level with a difference in the degree to which semantic representations are activated during these tasks. Semantic similarity between words was estimated based on a word association model. Twenty subjects participated in an event-related fMRI study where the three tasks were presented in pseudo-random order. Linear discriminant analysis of fMRI patterns identified a set of regions that allow to discriminate between words at a high level of word-specificity across tasks. Representational similarity analysis was used to determine whether semantic similarity was represented in these regions and whether this depended on the task performed. The similarity between neural patterns of the left Brodmann area 45 (BA45) and of the superior portion of the left supramarginal gyrus correlated with the similarity in meaning between entities during picture naming. In both regions, no significant effects were seen for repetition or reading. The semantic similarity effect during picture naming was significantly larger than the similarity effect during the two other tasks. In contrast, several regions including left anterior superior temporal gyrus and left ventral BA44/frontal operculum, among others, coded for semantic similarity in a task-independent manner. These findings provide new evidence for the dynamic, task-dependent nature of semantic representations in the left BA45 and a more task-independent nature of the representational activation in the lateral temporal cortex and ventral BA44/frontal operculum.
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- Antonietta Gabriella Liuzzi
- Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology, Department of NeurosciencesLeuven Brain Institute, KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology, Department of NeurosciencesLeuven Brain Institute, KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Radiology DepartmentUniversity Hospitals LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- School of Psychological SciencesUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneAustralia
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- Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology, Department of NeurosciencesLeuven Brain Institute, KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology, Department of NeurosciencesLeuven Brain Institute, KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
- Neurology DepartmentUniversity Hospitals LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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Zhu W, Deng S, Jiang H, Zhang J, Li B, Liu W, Jia Q, Liu W, Meng Z. Application of diffusion tensor imaging in the diagnosis of post-stroke aphasia: a meta-analysis and systematic review. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1140588. [PMID: 37790217 PMCID: PMC10544987 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1140588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023] Open
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Introduction Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) indicators of different white matter (WM) fibers and brain region lesions for post-stroke aphasia (PSA) are inconsistent in existing studies. Our study examines the consistency and differences between PSA tests performed with DTI. In addition, obtaining consistent and independent conclusions between studies was made possible by utilizing DTI in PSA assessment. Methods In order to gather relevant studies using DTI for diagnosing PSA, we searched the Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, and CNKI databases. Based on the screening and evaluation of the included studies, the meta-analysis was used to conduct a quantitative analysis. Narrative descriptions were provided for studies that met the inclusion criteria but lacked data. Results First, we reported on the left hemisphere. The meta-analysis showed that fractional anisotropy (FA) of the arcuate fasciculus (AF) and superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), inferior frontal-occipital fasciculus (IFOF), inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF), and uncinate fasciculus (UF) were decreased in the PSA group in comparison with the healthy controls (p < 0.00001). However, in the comparison of axial diffusivity (AD), there was no statistically significant difference in white matter fiber tracts in the dual-stream language model of the PSA group. Elevated radial diffusivity (RD) was seen only in the IFOF and ILF (PIFOF = 0.01; PILF = 0.05). In the classic Broca's area, the FA of the PSA group was decreased (p < 0.00001) while the apparent diffusion coefficient was elevated (p = 0.03). Secondly, we evaluated the white matter fiber tracts in the dual-stream language model of the right hemisphere. The FA of the PSA group was decreased only in the IFOF (p = 0.001). AD was elevated in the AF and UF (PAF < 0.00001; PUF = 0.009). RD was elevated in the AF and UF (PAF = 0.01; PUF = 0.003). The other fiber tracts did not undergo similar alterations. Conclusion In conclusion, DTI is vital for diagnosing PSA because it detects WM changes effectively, but it still has some limitations. Due to a lack of relevant language scales and clinical manifestations, diagnosing and differentiating PSA independently remain challenging. Systematic review registration https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=365897.
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- Weiming Zhu
- Clinical Department of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- Clinical Department of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- Clinical Department of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- Clinical Department of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- Clinical Department of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- Clinical Department of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Scientific Research, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Clinical Department of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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Yu Q, Jiang Y, Sun Y, Ju X, Ye T, Liu N, Qian S, Liu K. Effects of Damage to the Integrity of the Left Dual-Stream Frontotemporal Network Mediated by the Arcuate Fasciculus and Uncinate Fasciculus on Acute/Subacute Post-Stroke Aphasia. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1324. [PMID: 37759925 PMCID: PMC10526853 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13091324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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(1) Background: To investigate the correlation between the integrity of the left dual-stream frontotemporal network mediated by the arcuate fasciculus (AF) and uncinate fasciculus (UF), and acute/subacute post-stroke aphasia (PSA). (2) Methods: Thirty-six patients were recruited and received both a language assessment and a diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) scan. Correlations between diffusion indices in the bilateral LSAF/UF and language performance assessment were analyzed with correlation analyses. Multiple linear regression analysis was also implemented to investigate the effects of the integrity of the left LSAF/UF on language performance. (3) Results: Correlation analyses showed that the diffusion indices, including mean fractional anisotropy (FA) values and the fiber number of the left LSAF rather than the left UF was significantly positively associated with language domain scores (p < 0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed an independent and positive association between the mean FA value of the left LSAF and the percentage score of language subsets. In addition, no interaction effect of the integrity of the left LSAF and UF on language performance was found (p > 0.05). (4) Conclusions: The integrity of the left LSAF, but not the UF, might play important roles in supporting residual language ability in individuals with acute/subacute PSA; simultaneous disruption of the dual-stream frontotemporal network mediated by the left LSAF and UF would not result in more severe aphasia than damage to either pathway alone.
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- Qiwei Yu
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215008, China; (Q.Y.); (Y.J.); (X.J.); (T.Y.); (N.L.); (S.Q.)
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215008, China; (Q.Y.); (Y.J.); (X.J.); (T.Y.); (N.L.); (S.Q.)
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215008, China;
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215008, China; (Q.Y.); (Y.J.); (X.J.); (T.Y.); (N.L.); (S.Q.)
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215008, China; (Q.Y.); (Y.J.); (X.J.); (T.Y.); (N.L.); (S.Q.)
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215008, China; (Q.Y.); (Y.J.); (X.J.); (T.Y.); (N.L.); (S.Q.)
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215008, China; (Q.Y.); (Y.J.); (X.J.); (T.Y.); (N.L.); (S.Q.)
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215008, China;
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Proietti R, Pezzulo G, Tessari A. An active inference model of hierarchical action understanding, learning and imitation. Phys Life Rev 2023; 46:92-118. [PMID: 37354642 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2023.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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We advance a novel active inference model of the cognitive processing that underlies the acquisition of a hierarchical action repertoire and its use for observation, understanding and imitation. We illustrate the model in four simulations of a tennis learner who observes a teacher performing tennis shots, forms hierarchical representations of the observed actions, and imitates them. Our simulations show that the agent's oculomotor activity implements an active information sampling strategy that permits inferring the kinematic aspects of the observed movement, which lie at the lowest level of the action hierarchy. In turn, this low-level kinematic inference supports higher-level inferences about deeper aspects of the observed actions: proximal goals and intentions. Finally, the inferred action representations can steer imitative responses, but interfere with the execution of different actions. Our simulations show that hierarchical active inference provides a unified account of action observation, understanding, learning and imitation and helps explain the neurobiological underpinnings of visuomotor cognition, including the multiple routes for action understanding in the dorsal and ventral streams and mirror mechanisms.
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- Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy; Alma Mater Research Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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López-Barroso D, Paredes-Pacheco J, Torres-Prioris MJ, Dávila G, Berthier ML. Brain structural and functional correlates of the heterogenous progression of mixed transcortical aphasia. Brain Struct Funct 2023:10.1007/s00429-023-02655-6. [PMID: 37256346 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-023-02655-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Mixed transcortical aphasia (MTCA) is characterized by non-fluent speech and comprehension deficits coexisting with preserved repetition. MTCA may evolve to less severe variants of aphasias or even to full language recovery. Mechanistically, MCTA has traditionally been attributed to a disconnection between the spared left perisylvian language network (PSLN) responsible for preserved verbal repetition, and damaged left extrasylvian networks, which are responsible for language production and comprehension impairments. However, despite significant advances in in vivo neuroimaging, the structural and functional status of the PSLN network in MTCA and its evolution has not been investigated. Thus, the aim of the present study is to examine the status of the PSLN, both in terms of its functional activity and structural integrity, in four cases who developed acute post-stroke MTCA and progressed to different types of aphasia. For it, we conducted a neuroimaging-behavioral study performed in the chronic stage of four patients. The behavioral profile of MTCA persisted in one patient, whereas the other three patients progressed to less severe types of aphasias. Neuroimaging findings suggest that preserved verbal repetition in MTCA does not always depend on the optimal status of the PSLN and its dorsal connections. Instead, the right hemisphere or the left ventral pathway may also play a role in supporting verbal repetition. The variability in the clinical evolution of MTCA may be explained by the varying degree of PSLN alteration and individual premorbid neuroanatomical language substrates. This study offers a fresh perspective of MTCA through the lens of modern neuroscience and unveils novel insights into the neural underpinnings of repetition.
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- Diana López-Barroso
- Cognitive Neurology and Aphasia Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias (CIMES), University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
- Research Laboratory on the Neuroscience of Language, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga - IBIMA, Malaga, Spain
- Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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- Radiology and Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Molecular Imaging Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias (CIMES), General Foundation of the University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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- Cognitive Neurology and Aphasia Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias (CIMES), University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
- Research Laboratory on the Neuroscience of Language, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga - IBIMA, Malaga, Spain
- Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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- Cognitive Neurology and Aphasia Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias (CIMES), University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
- Research Laboratory on the Neuroscience of Language, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga - IBIMA, Malaga, Spain
- Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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- Cognitive Neurology and Aphasia Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias (CIMES), University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
- Research Laboratory on the Neuroscience of Language, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga - IBIMA, Malaga, Spain.
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Smaczny S, Sperber C, Jung S, Moeller K, Karnath HO, Klein E. Disconnection in a left-hemispheric temporo-parietal network impairs multiplication fact retrieval. Neuroimage 2023; 268:119840. [PMID: 36621582 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Arithmetic fact retrieval has been suggested to recruit a left-lateralized network comprising perisylvian language areas, parietal areas such as the angular gyrus (AG), and non-neocortical structures such as the hippocampus. However, the underlying white matter connectivity of these areas has not been evaluated systematically so far. Using simple multiplication problems, we evaluated how disconnections in parietal brain areas affected arithmetic fact retrieval following stroke. We derived disconnectivity measures by jointly considering data from n = 73 patients with acute unilateral lesions in either hemisphere and a white-matter tractography atlas (HCP-842) using the Lesion Quantification Toolbox (LQT). Whole-brain voxel-based analysis indicated a left-hemispheric cluster of white matter fibers connecting the AG and superior temporal areas to be associated with a fact retrieval deficit. Subsequent analyses of direct gray-to-gray matter disconnections revealed that disconnections of additional left-hemispheric areas (e.g., between the superior temporal gyrus and parietal areas) were significantly associated with the observed fact retrieval deficit. Results imply that disconnections of parietal areas (i.e., the AG) with language-related areas (i.e., superior and middle temporal gyri) seem specifically detrimental to arithmetic fact retrieval. This suggests that arithmetic fact retrieval recruits a widespread left-hemispheric network and emphasizes the relevance of white matter connectivity for number processing.
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- S Smaczny
- Centre of Neurology, Division of Neuropsychology, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Computer Science/Therapy Science, Trier University of Applied Science, Trier, Germany; Leibniz Institut fuer Wissensmedien, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Leibniz Institut fuer Wissensmedien, Tuebingen, Germany; Centre for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk (IDeA), Frankfurt, Germany; Centre for Mathematical Cognition, School of Science, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
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- Centre of Neurology, Division of Neuropsychology, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany; Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
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- Leibniz Institut fuer Wissensmedien, Tuebingen, Germany; University of Paris, LaPsyDÉ, CNRS, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
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Diffusion Tensor Tractography Studies on Recovery Mechanisms of Aphasia in Stroke Patients: A Narrative Mini-Review. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10101927. [PMID: 36292374 PMCID: PMC9601675 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10101927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Aphasia is a common and serious clinical feature of stroke. Various neural tracts are known to be involved in language processing. Diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) appears to be an appropriate imaging technique for the elucidation of the recovery mechanisms of aphasia in the language-related neural tracts in stroke patients. In this article, twelve previous DTT-based studies on the recovery mechanisms of aphasia in stroke were reviewed. We classified the twelve studies into the following three categories according to the recovery mechanisms: recovery via the neural tracts in the dominant hemisphere (eight studies), via transcallosal fibers (two studies), and via the neural tracts in the non-dominant hemisphere (two studies). Although there are various neural tracts for language processing, eight of the ten studies focused only on the role of the arcuate fasciculus (AF) in the recovery process. Consequently, it appears from the studies that only one recovery mechanism of aphasia via the restoration of the integrity of the injured AF in the dominant hemisphere was clearly demonstrated. However, because various neural tracts are involved in language processing, there could be other mechanisms that have not yet been elucidated. Therefore, further original studies involving a larger number of patients with aphasia in stroke should be encouraged forthwith. Further studies involving various lesion locations and severity levels of injuries to the language-related neural tracts are also necessary because the recovery mechanisms of aphasia in stroke could be dependent on these factors.
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Weiller C, Reisert M, Glauche V, Musso M, Rijntjes M. The dual-loop model for combining external and internal worlds in our brain. Neuroimage 2022; 263:119583. [PMID: 36007823 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Intelligible communication with others as well as covert conscious thought requires us to combine a representation of the external world with inner abstract concepts. Interaction with the external world through sensory perception and motor execution is arranged as sequences in time and space, whereas abstract thought and invariant categories are independent of the moment. Using advanced MRI-based fibre tracking on high resolution data from 183 participants in the Human Connectome Project, we identified two large supramodal systems comprising specific cortical regions and their connecting fibre tracts; a dorsal one for processing of sequences in time and space, and a ventral one for concepts and categories. We found that two hub regions exist in the executive front and the perceptive back of the brain where these two cognitive processes converge, constituting a dual-loop model. The hubs are located in the onto- and phylogenetically youngest regions of the cortex. We propose that this hub feature serves as the neural substrate for the more abstract sense of syntax in humans, i.e. for the system populating sequences with content in all cognitive domains. The hubs bring together two separate systems (dorsal and ventral) at the front and the back of the brain and create a closed-loop. The closed-loop facilitates recursivity and forethought, which we use twice; namely, for communication with others about things that are not there and for covert thought.
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- Cornelius Weiller
- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg; Breisacher Street 64, Freiburg D- 79104, Germany.
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- Department of Medical Physics, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg; Breisacher Street 64, Freiburg D- 79104, Germany; Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg; Breisacher Street 64, Freiburg D- 79104, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg; Breisacher Street 64, Freiburg D- 79104, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg; Breisacher Street 64, Freiburg D- 79104, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg; Breisacher Street 64, Freiburg D- 79104, Germany
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Comeau N, Monetta L, Schneider C. Noninvasive stimulation of the unlesioned hemisphere and phonological treatment in a case of chronic anomia post-stroke. Neurocase 2022; 28:206-217. [PMID: 35580361 DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2022.2068374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
Chronic lexical anomia after left hemisphere (LH) stroke improves under personalized phonological treatment (PT). Cortical linking between language and hand motor areas (hand_M1) questioned whether PT-related improvement relies on the unlesioned hemisphere (UH) plasticity when LH is dysfunctional. Our 70-yo-woman case study showed that 10 sessions of excitatory stimulation of UH_hand-M1 combined with PT hastened oral picture naming improvement as compared to sham+PT and changes were maintained together with changes of untrained items andcorticomotor excitability increase. This supports a role of stimulation-induced plasticity of UH_hand M1 in language recovery, at least in the improvement of lexical anomia in chronic stroke.
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- Noémie Comeau
- Neuroscience Division, Noninvasive Neurostimulation Laboratory, Research Center of CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine Université Laval, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada.,CIRRIS Research Center, Quebec, Canada
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- Neuroscience Division, Noninvasive Neurostimulation Laboratory, Research Center of CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine Université Laval, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Shi J, Huang H, Jiang R, Mao X, Huang Q, Li A. The Right Inferior Frontal Gyrus Plays an Important Role in Unconscious Information Processing: Activation Likelihood Estimation Analysis Based on Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:781099. [PMID: 35401077 PMCID: PMC8987111 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.781099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Unconsciousness is a kind of brain activity that occurs below the level of consciousness, and the masked priming paradigm is a classic paradigm to study unconscious perceptual processing. With the deepening of unconscious perception research, different researchers mostly use different experimental materials and different masked priming paradigms in a single experiment but not for the comprehensive analysis of the unconscious information processing mechanism itself. Thus, the purpose of this study is to conduct a comprehensive analysis through a cross-experimental paradigm, cross-experimental materials, and cross-experimental purposes. We used activation likelihood estimation to test functional magnetic resonance imaging studies, involving 361 subjects, 124 foci in eight studies representing direct comparison of unconscious processing with baseline, and 115 foci in 10 studies representing direct comparison of unconscious priming effects. In the comparison of unconscious processing and baseline, clusters formed in the left superior parietal gyrus, the right insular gyrus, and the right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) triangular part after correcting for familywise error (FWE). In the comparison of priming effects, clusters formed in only the right IFG triangular part after correcting for FWE. Here, we found that ventral and dorsal pathways jointly regulate unconscious perceptual processes, but only the ventral pathway is involved in the regulation of unconscious priming effects. The IFG triangular part is involved in the regulation of unconscious perceptual processing and unconscious priming effects and may be an important brain area in unconscious information processing. These preliminary data provide conditions for further study of the neural correlation of unconscious information processing.
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- Jilong Shi
- School of Psychology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physical Education, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Psychology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
- School of Teacher Education, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, China
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- School of Psychology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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- School of Psychology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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- School of Psychology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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Weiller C, Glauche V, Rijntjes M. The ventral pathway and the extreme capsule: Pierre Marie was right. Brain 2022; 145:e57-e58. [PMID: 35298592 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awac099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Cornelius Weiller
- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, University Hospital, University of Freiburg i.Br., Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, University Hospital, University of Freiburg i.Br., Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, University Hospital, University of Freiburg i.Br., Germany
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Giampiccolo D, Duffau H. Controversy over the temporal cortical terminations of the left arcuate fasciculus: a reappraisal. Brain 2022; 145:1242-1256. [PMID: 35142842 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awac057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The arcuate fasciculus has been considered a major dorsal fronto-temporal white matter pathway linking frontal language production regions with auditory perception in the superior temporal gyrus, the so-called Wernicke's area. In line with this tradition, both historical and contemporary models of language function have assigned primacy to superior temporal projections of the arcuate fasciculus. However, classical anatomical descriptions and emerging behavioural data are at odds with this assumption. On one hand, fronto-temporal projections to Wernicke's area may not be unique to the arcuate fasciculus. On the other hand, dorsal stream language deficits have been reported also for damage to middle, inferior and basal temporal gyri which may be linked to arcuate disconnection. These findings point to a reappraisal of arcuate projections in the temporal lobe. Here, we review anatomical and functional evidence regarding the temporal cortical terminations of the left arcuate fasciculus by incorporating dissection and tractography findings with stimulation data using cortico-cortical evoked potentials and direct electrical stimulation mapping in awake patients. Firstly, we discuss the fibers of the arcuate fasciculus projecting to the superior temporal gyrus and the functional rostro-caudal gradient in this region where both phonological encoding and auditory-motor transformation may be performed. Caudal regions within the temporoparietal junction may be involved in articulation and associated with temporoparietal projections of the third branch of the superior longitudinal fasciculus, while more rostral regions may support encoding of acoustic phonetic features, supported by arcuate fibres. We then move to examine clinical data showing that multimodal phonological encoding is facilitated by projections of the arcuate fasciculus to superior, but also middle, inferior and basal temporal regions. Hence, we discuss how projections of the arcuate fasciculus may contribute to acoustic (middle-posterior superior and middle temporal gyri), visual (posterior inferior temporal/fusiform gyri comprising the visual word form area) and lexical (anterior-middle inferior temporal/fusiform gyri in the basal temporal language area) information in the temporal lobe to be processed, encoded and translated into a dorsal phonological route to the frontal lobe. Finally, we point out surgical implications for this model in terms of the prediction and avoidance of neurological deficit.
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- Davide Giampiccolo
- Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University Hospital, Verona, Italy.,Institute of Neuroscience, Cleveland Clinic London, Grosvenor Place, London, UK.,Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.,Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier University Medical Center, Montpellier, France.,Team "Neuroplasticity, Stem Cells and Low-grade Gliomas," INSERM U1191, Institute of Genomics of Montpellier, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Dressing A, Kaller CP, Martin M, Nitschke K, Kuemmerer D, Beume LA, Schmidt CSM, Musso M, Urbach H, Rijntjes M, Weiller C. Anatomical correlates of recovery in apraxia: A longitudinal lesion-mapping study in stroke patients. Cortex 2021; 142:104-121. [PMID: 34265734 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study investigates the clinical course of recovery of apraxia after left-hemisphere stroke and the underlying neuroanatomical correlates for persisting or recovering deficits in relation to the major processing streams in the network for motor cognition. METHODS 90 patients were examined during the acute (4.74 ± 2.73 days) and chronic (14.3 ± 15.39 months) stage after left-hemisphere stroke for deficits in meaningless imitation, as well as production and conceptual errors in tool use pantomime. Lesion correlates for persisting or recovering deficits were analyzed with an extension of the non-parametric Brunner-Munzel rank-order test for multi-factorial designs (two-way repeated-measures ANOVA) using acute images. RESULTS Meaningless imitation and tool use production deficits persisted into the chronic stage. Conceptual errors in tool use pantomime showed an almost complete recovery. Imitation errors persisted after occipitotemporal and superior temporal lesions in the dorso-dorsal stream. Chronic pantomime production errors were related to the supramarginal gyrus, the key structure of the ventro-dorsal stream. More anterior lesions in the ventro-dorsal stream (ventral premotor cortex) were additionally associated with poor recovery of production errors in pantomime. Conceptual errors in pantomime after temporal and supramarginal gyrus lesions persisted into the chronic stage. However, they resolved completely when related to angular gyrus or insular lesions. CONCLUSION The diverging courses of recovery in different apraxia tasks can be related to different mechanisms. Critical lesions to key structures of the network or entrance areas of the processing streams lead to persisting deficits in the corresponding tasks. Contrary, lesions located outside the core network but inducing a temporary network dysfunction allow good recovery e.g., of conceptual errors in pantomime. The identification of lesion correlates for different long-term recovery patterns in apraxia might also allow early clinical prediction of the course of recovery.
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- Andrea Dressing
- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Dept. of Neuroradiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Dept. of Neuroradiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Rounis E, Halai A, Pizzamiglio G, Lambon Ralph MA. Characterising factors underlying praxis deficits in chronic left hemisphere stroke patients. Cortex 2021; 142:154-168. [PMID: 34271260 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Limb apraxia, a disorder of skilled action not consequent on primary motor or sensory deficits, has traditionally been defined according to errors patients make on neuropsychological tasks. Previous models of the disorder have failed to provide a unified account of patients' deficits, due to heterogeneity in the patients and tasks used. In this study we hypothesised that we may be able to map apraxic deficits onto principal components, some of which may be specific, whilst others may align with other cognitive disorders. We implemented principal component analysis (PCA) to elucidate core factors of the disorder in a preliminary cohort of 41 unselected left hemisphere chronic stroke patients who were tested on a comprehensive and validated apraxia screen. Three principal components were identified: posture selection, semantic control and multi-demand sequencing. These were submitted to a lesion symptom mapping (VBCM) analysis in a subset of 24 patients, controlled for lesion volume, age and time post-stroke. The first component revealed no significant structural correlates. The second component was related to regions in inferior frontal gyrus, primary motor area, and adjacent parietal opercular (including inferior parietal and supramarginal gyrus) areas. The third component was associated with lesions within the white matter underlying the left sensorimotor cortex, likely involving the 2nd branch of the left superior longitudinal fasciculus as well as the posterior orbitofrontal cortex (pOFC). These results highlight a significant role of common cognitive functions in apraxia, which include action selection, and sequencing, whilst more specific deficits may relate to semantic control. Moreover, they suggest that previously described 'ideomotor' and 'ideational' deficits may have a common neural basis within semantic control. Further research using this technique would help elucidate the cognitive processes underlying limb apraxia, its neural correlates and their relationship with other cognitive disorders.
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- Elisabeth Rounis
- Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth, UK; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Shekari E, Goudarzi S, Shahriari E, Joghataei MT. Extreme capsule is a bottleneck for ventral pathway. IBRO Neurosci Rep 2021; 10:42-50. [PMID: 33861816 PMCID: PMC8019950 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2020.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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As neuroscience literature suggests, extreme capsule is considered a whiter matter tract. Nevertheless, it is not clear whether extreme capsule itself is an association fiber pathway or only a bottleneck for other association fibers to pass. Via our review, investigating anatomical position, connectivity and cognitive role of the bundles in extreme capsule, and by analyzing data from the dissection, it can be argued that extreme capsule is probably a bottleneck for the passage of uncinated fasciculus (UF) and inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF), and these fasciculi are responsible for the respective roles in language processing.
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- Ehsan Shekari
- Department of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
- Corresponding author.
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Weiller C, Reisert M, Peto I, Hennig J, Makris N, Petrides M, Rijntjes M, Egger K. The ventral pathway of the human brain: A continuous association tract system. Neuroimage 2021; 234:117977. [PMID: 33757905 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The brain hemispheres can be divided into an upper dorsal and a lower ventral system. Each system consists of distinct cortical regions connected via long association tracts. The tracts cross the central sulcus or the limen insulae to connect the frontal lobe with the posterior brain. The dorsal stream is associated with sensorimotor mapping. The ventral stream serves structural analysis and semantics in different domains, as visual, acoustic or space processing. How does the prefrontal cortex, regarded as the platform for the highest level of integration, incorporate information from these different domains? In the current view, the ventral pathway consists of several separate tracts, related to different modalities. Originally the assumption was that the ventral path is a continuum, covering all modalities. The latter would imply a very different anatomical basis for cognitive and clinical models of processing. To further define the ventral connections, we used cutting-edge in vivo global tractography on high-resolution diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data from 100 normal subjects from the human connectome project and ex vivo preparation of fiber bundles in the extreme capsule of 8 humans using the Klingler technique. Our data showed that ventral stream tracts, traversing through the extreme capsule, form a continuous band of fibers that fan out anteriorly to the prefrontal cortex, and posteriorly to temporal, occipital and parietal cortical regions. Introduction of additional volumes of interest in temporal and occipital lobes differentiated between the inferior fronto-occipital fascicle (IFOF) and uncinate fascicle (UF). Unequivocally, in both experiments, in all subjects a connection between the inferior frontal and middle-to-posterior temporal cortical region, otherwise known as the temporo-frontal extreme capsule fascicle (ECF) from nonhuman primate brain-tracing experiments was identified. In the human brain, this tract connects the language domains of "Broca's area" and "Wernicke's area". The differentiation in the three tracts, IFOF, UF and ECF seems arbitrary, all three pass through the extreme capsule. Our data show that the ventral pathway represents a continuum. The three tracts merge seamlessly and streamlines showed considerable overlap in their anterior and posterior course. Terminal maps identified prefrontal cortex in the frontal lobe and association cortex in temporal, occipital and parietal lobes as streamline endings. This anatomical substrate potentially facilitates the prefrontal cortex to integrate information across different domains and modalities.
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- Cornelius Weiller
- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Breisacher Str. 64, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
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- Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Morphometric Analysis, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Psychiatric Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Breisacher Str. 64, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Martinez Oeckel A, Rijntjes M, Glauche V, Kümmerer D, Kaller CP, Egger K, Weiller C. The extreme capsule and aphasia: proof-of-concept of a new way relating structure to neurological symptoms. Brain Commun 2021; 3:fcab040. [PMID: 33870191 PMCID: PMC8042249 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcab040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We present anatomy-based symptom-lesion mapping to assess the association between lesions of tracts in the extreme capsule and aphasia. The study cohort consisted of 123 patients with acute left-hemispheric stroke without a lesion of language-related cortical areas of the Stanford atlas of functional regions of interest. On templates generated through global fibre tractography, lesions of the extreme capsule and of the arcuate fascicle were quantified and correlated with the occurrence of aphasia (n = 18) as defined by the Token Test. More than 15% damage of the slice plane through the extreme capsule was a strong independent predictor of aphasia in stroke patients, odds ratio 16.37, 95% confidence interval: 3.11–86.16, P < 0.01. In contrast, stroke lesions of >15% in the arcuate fascicle were not associated with aphasia. Our results support the relevance of a ventral pathway in the language network running through the extreme capsule.
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- Ariane Martinez Oeckel
- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
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Lee JK, Ko MH, Park SH, Kim GW. Prediction of Aphasia Severity in Patients with Stroke Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Brain Sci 2021; 11:304. [PMID: 33673638 PMCID: PMC7997243 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11030304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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This study classified the severity of aphasia through the Western Aphasia Battery and determined the optimal cut-off value for each Language-Related White Matter fiber and their combinations, we further examined the correlations between Language-Related White Matter and Western Aphasia Battery subscores. This retrospective study recruited 64 patients with aphasia. Mild/moderate and severe aphasia were classified according to cut-off Aphasia Quotient score of 51 points. Diffusion tensor imaging and fractional anisotropy reconstructed Language-Related White Matter in multiple fasciculi. We determined the area under the covariate-adjusted receiver operating characteristic curve to evaluate the accuracy of predicting aphasia severity. The optimal fractional-anisotropy cut-off values for the individual fibers of the Language-Related White Matter and their combinations were determined. Their correlations with Western Aphasia Battery subscores were analyzed. The arcuate and superior longitudinal fasciculi showed fair accuracy, the inferior frontal occipital fasciculus poor accuracy, and their combinations fair accuracy. Correlations between Language-Related White Matter parameters and Western Aphasia Battery subscores were found between the arcuate, superior longitudinal, and inferior frontal occipital fasciculi and spontaneous speech, auditory verbal comprehension, repetition, and naming. Diffusion-tensor-imaging-based language-Related White Matter analysis may help predict the severity of language impairment in patients with aphasia following stroke.
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- Jin-Kook Lee
- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju 54907, Korea; (J.-K.L.); (M.-H.K.); (S.-H.P.)
- Department of Speech-Language Therapy, The Graduate School, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54907, Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju 54907, Korea; (J.-K.L.); (M.-H.K.); (S.-H.P.)
- Department of Speech-Language Therapy, The Graduate School, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54907, Korea
- Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University, Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju 54907, Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju 54907, Korea; (J.-K.L.); (M.-H.K.); (S.-H.P.)
- Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University, Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju 54907, Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju 54907, Korea; (J.-K.L.); (M.-H.K.); (S.-H.P.)
- Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University, Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju 54907, Korea
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Tessari A, Mengotti P, Faccioli L, Tuozzi G, Boscarato S, Taricco M, Rumiati RI. Effect of body-part specificity and meaning in gesture imitation in left hemisphere stroke patients. Neuropsychologia 2020; 151:107720. [PMID: 33309676 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Previous studies showed that imitation of finger and hand/arm gestures could be differentially impaired after brain damage. However, so far, the interaction between gesture meaning and body part in imitation deficits has not been fully assessed. In the present study, we aimed at filling this gap by testing 36 unilateral left brain-damaged patients with and without apraxia (20 apraxics), and 29 healthy controls on an imitation task of either finger or hand/arm meaningful (MF) gestures and meaningless (ML) movements, using a large sample of stimuli and controlling for the composition of the experimental list. Left-brain damaged patients imitated ML finger worse than hand/arm movements, whereas they did not show the same difference in MF gesture imitation. In addition, apraxic patients imitated finger movements worse than hand/arm movements. Furthermore, apraxic patients' imitation performance was equally affected irrespective of the action meaning, whereas non-apraxic patients showed better imitation performance on MF gestures. Results suggest that MF gestures are processed as a whole, as imitation of these gestures relies on the stored motor programs in long-term memory, independently of the body part involved. In contrast, ML movements seem to be processed through direct visuo-motor transformations, with left-brain damage specifically disrupting imitation performance of the more cognitive demanding finger movements.
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- Alessia Tessari
- Department of Psychology,University of Bologna,Bologna,Italy.
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- Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience & Medicine (INM-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- University Hospital Policlinico Sant'Orsola Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Psychology,University of Bologna,Bologna,Italy; Department for Life Quality Studies,University of Bologna,Bologna,Italy
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- University Hospital Policlinico Sant'Orsola Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Area of Neuroscience, SISSA, Trieste, Italy; SSAS - La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Josef-Golubić S. Triple model of auditory sensory processing: a novel gating stream directly links primary auditory areas to executive prefrontal cortex. Acta Clin Croat 2020; 59:721-728. [PMID: 34285443 PMCID: PMC8253058 DOI: 10.20471/acc.2020.59.04.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The generally accepted model of sensory processing of visual and auditory stimuli assumes two major parallel processing streams, ventral and dorsal, which comprise functionally and anatomically distinct but interacting processes in which the ventral stream supports stimulus identification, and the dorsal stream is involved in recognizing the stimulus spatial location and sensori-motor integration functions. However, recent studies suggest the existence of a third, very fast sensory processing pathway, a gating stream that directly links the primary auditory cortices to the executive prefrontal cortex within the first 50 milliseconds after presentation of a stimulus, bypassing hierarchical structure of the ventral and dorsal pathways. Gating stream propagates the sensory gating phenomenon, which serves as a basic protective mechanism preventing irrelevant, repeated information from recurrent sensory processing. The goal of the present paper is to introduce the novel 'three-stream' model of auditory processing, including the new fast sensory processing stream, i.e. gating stream, alongside the well-affirmed dorsal and ventral sensory processing pathways. The impairments in sensory processing along the gating stream have been found to be strongly involved in the pathophysiological sensory processing in Alzheimer's disease and could be the underlying issue in numerous neuropsychiatric disorders and diseases that are linked to the pathological sensory gating inhibition, such as schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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- Sanja Josef-Golubić
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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The correlation between apraxia and neglect in the right hemisphere: A voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping study in 138 acute stroke patients. Cortex 2020; 132:166-179. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Garcea FE, Greene C, Grafton ST, Buxbaum LJ. Structural Disconnection of the Tool Use Network after Left Hemisphere Stroke Predicts Limb Apraxia Severity. Cereb Cortex Commun 2020; 1:tgaa035. [PMID: 33134927 PMCID: PMC7573742 DOI: 10.1093/texcom/tgaa035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Producing a tool use gesture is a complex process drawing upon the integration of stored knowledge of tools and their associated actions with sensory-motor mechanisms supporting the planning and control of hand and arm actions. Understanding how sensory-motor systems in parietal cortex interface with semantic representations of actions and objects in the temporal lobe remains a critical issue and is hypothesized to be a key determinant of the severity of limb apraxia, a deficit in producing skilled action after left hemisphere stroke. We used voxel-based and connectome-based lesion-symptom mapping with data from 57 left hemisphere stroke participants to assess the lesion sites and structural disconnection patterns associated with poor tool use gesturing. We found that structural disconnection among the left inferior parietal lobule, lateral and ventral temporal cortices, and middle and superior frontal gyri predicted the severity of tool use gesturing performance. Control analyses demonstrated that reductions in right-hand grip strength were associated with motor system disconnection, largely bypassing regions supporting tool use gesturing. Our findings provide evidence that limb apraxia may arise, in part, from a disconnection between conceptual representations in the temporal lobe and mechanisms enabling skilled action production in the inferior parietal lobule.
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- Frank E Garcea
- Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Elkins Park, PA 19027, USA
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93016, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93016, USA
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- Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Elkins Park, PA 19027, USA
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Beume LA, Rijntjes M, Dressing A, Kaller CP, Hieber M, Martin M, Kirsch S, Kümmerer D, Urbach H, Umarova RM, Weiller C. Dissociation of visual extinction and neglect in the left hemisphere. Cortex 2020; 129:211-222. [PMID: 32505793 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Visual neglect and extinction are two distinct visuospatial attention deficits that frequently occur after right hemisphere cerebral stroke. However, their different lesion profiles remain a matter of debate. In the left hemisphere, a domain-general dual-loop model with distinct computational abilities onto which several cognitive functions may project, has been proposed: a dorsal stream for sensori-motor mapping in time and space and a ventral stream for comprehension and representation of concepts. We wondered whether such a distinction may apply to visual extinction and neglect in left hemisphere lesions. Of 165 prospectively studied patients with acute left hemispheric ischemic stroke with a single lesion on MRI, 122 had no visuospatial attention deficit, 10 had extinction, 31 neglect and 2 had both, visual extinction and neglect. Voxel-based-lesion-symptom mapping (VLSM, FDR<.05) showed a clear anatomical dissociation. Extinction occurred after damage to the parietal cortex (anterior bank of the intraparietal sulcus, inferior parietal lobe, and supramarginal gyrus), while visual neglect occurred after damage mainly to the temporal lobe (superior and middle temporal lobe, anterior temporal pole), inferior ventral premotor cortex, frontal operculum, angular gyrus, and insula. Direct comparison of both conditions linked extinction to intraparietal sulcus and supramarginal gyrus (FDR<.05). Thus, in the left hemisphere extinction seems to be related to dorsal stream lesions, whereas neglect maps more on the ventral stream. These data cannot be generalized to the right hemisphere. However, a domain-general point-of-view may stimulate discussion on visuospatial attention processing also in the right hemisphere.
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- Lena-Alexandra Beume
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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Hamzei F, Erath G, Kücking U, Weiller C, Rijntjes M. Anatomy of brain lesions after stroke predicts effectiveness of mirror therapy. Eur J Neurosci 2020; 52:3628-3641. [PMID: 32031282 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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To improve clinical outcome, one longstanding goal in treating stroke patients has been an individual therapy based on functional and anatomical knowledge of the single patient. Therefore, in this study brain imaging of 36 chronic stroke patients was analyzed to identify parameters predicting clinical recovery. T1-weighted MRI was acquired to assess the lesion; functional MRI was used to visualize existing resources; DTI for the integrity of the corticospinal tract (CST) and long association tracts. These data were related to the clinical course. All patients were treated intensively with the mirror therapy (MT) only. After the training period, we analyzed which patient's feature would predict a beneficial course. Patients as a group improved after MT, but according to the fMRI activation of primary sensorimotor cortex (SMC), they could be divided in two groups with very diverging clinical outcome: those with ipsilesional SMC activation showed a noticeable increase of clinical scores, accompanied with ipsilesional activation in the frontal projection areas of the dorsal and ventral streams during action observation in fMRI. Those with contralesional SMC activation had lesions affecting both the dorsal and ventral stream and did not benefit from MT. The outcome for this therapy was not related to affection of CST. This study demonstrates that only in patients in which dorsal and ventral streams are not affected and therefore an interaction between these streams in post- and prerolandic regions is possible, MT can induce clinical improvement. Consequently, knowledge of the anatomical lesion can predict the beneficial course of MT.
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- Farsin Hamzei
- Section of Neurological Rehabilitation, Hans Berger Clinic of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.,Department of Neurology, Moritz Klinik, Bad Klosterlausnitz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Faulkner JW, Wilshire CE. Mapping eloquent cortex: A voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping study of core speech production capacities in brain tumour patients. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2020; 200:104710. [PMID: 31739187 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2019.104710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study used voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping to examine the cortical and white matter regions associated with language production impairments in a sample of 63 preoperative tumour patients. We identified four cognitive functions considered crucial for spoken language production: semantic-to-lexical mapping (selecting the appropriate lexical label for the intended concept); phonological encoding (retrieving the word's phonological form); articulatory-motor planning (programming the articulatory motor movements); and goal-driven language selection (exerting top-down control over the words selected for production). Each participant received a score estimating their competence on each function. We then mapped the region(s) where pathology was significantly associated with low scores. For semantic-to-lexical mapping, the critical map encompassed portions of the left posterior middle and inferior temporal gyri, extending into posterior fusiform gyrus, overlapping substantially with the territory of the inferior longitudinal fasciculus. For phonological encoding, the map encompassed the left inferior parietal lobe and posterior middle temporal gyrus, overlapping with the territory of the inferior longitudinal and posterior arcuate fasciculi. For articulatory-motor planning, the map encompassed parts of the left frontal pole, frontal operculum, and inferior frontal gyrus, and overlapped with the territory of the frontal aslant tract. Finally, the map for goal-driven language selection encompassed the left frontal pole and the anterior cingulate cortex. We compare our findings with those from other neuropsychological samples, and conclude that the study of tumour patients offers evidence that complements that available from other populations.
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- Josh W Faulkner
- School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
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The neural and neurocomputational bases of recovery from post-stroke aphasia. Nat Rev Neurol 2019; 16:43-55. [DOI: 10.1038/s41582-019-0282-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Dressing A, Kaller CP, Nitschke K, Beume LA, Kuemmerer D, Schmidt CS, Bormann T, Umarova RM, Egger K, Rijntjes M, Weiller C, Martin M. Neural correlates of acute apraxia: Evidence from lesion data and functional MRI in stroke patients. Cortex 2019; 120:1-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Torres-Prioris MJ, López-Barroso D, Roé-Vellvé N, Paredes-Pacheco J, Dávila G, Berthier ML. Repetitive verbal behaviors are not always harmful signs: Compensatory plasticity within the language network in aphasia. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2019; 190:16-30. [PMID: 30665003 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Repetitive verbal behaviors such as conduite d'approche (CdA) and mitigated echolalia (ME) are well-known phenomena since early descriptions of aphasia. Nevertheless, there is no substantial fresh knowledge on their clinical features, neural correlates and treatment interventions. In the present study we take advantage of three index cases of chronic fluent aphasia showing CdA, ME or both symptoms to dissect their clinical and neural signatures. Using multimodal neuroimaging (structural magnetic resonance imaging and [18]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography during resting state), we found that despite of the heterogeneous lesions in terms of etiology (stroke, traumatic brain injury), volume and location, CdA was present when the lesion affected in greater extent the left dorsal language pathway, while ME resulted from preferential damage to the left ventral stream. The coexistence of CdA and ME was associated with involvement of areas overlapping with the structural lesions and metabolic derangements described in the subjects who showed one of these symptoms (CdA or ME). These findings suggest that CdA and ME represent the clinical expression of plastic changes that occur within the spared language network and its interconnected areas in order to compensate for the linguistic functions that previously relied on the activity of the damaged pathway. We discuss the results in the light of this idea and consider alternative undamaged neural networks that may support CdA and ME.
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- María José Torres-Prioris
- Cognitive Neurology and Aphasia Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain; Area of Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain; Research Laboratory on the Neuroscience of Language, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
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- Cognitive Neurology and Aphasia Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain; Area of Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain; Research Laboratory on the Neuroscience of Language, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
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- Molecular Imaging Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias, General Foundation of the University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain; Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Spain
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- Molecular Imaging Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias, General Foundation of the University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain; Molecular Imaging and Medical Physics Group, Department of Psychiatry, Radiology and Public Health, University of Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Cognitive Neurology and Aphasia Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain; Area of Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain; Research Laboratory on the Neuroscience of Language, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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- Cognitive Neurology and Aphasia Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain; Research Laboratory on the Neuroscience of Language, Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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Hellbernd N, Sammler D. Neural bases of social communicative intentions in speech. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2019; 13:604-615. [PMID: 29771359 PMCID: PMC6022564 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsy034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Our ability to understand others’ communicative intentions in speech is key to successful social interaction. Indeed, misunderstanding an ‘excuse me’ as apology, while meant as criticism, may have important consequences. Recent behavioural studies have provided evidence that prosody, that is, vocal tone, is an important indicator for speakers’ intentions. Using a novel audio-morphing paradigm, the present functional magnetic resonance imaging study examined the neurocognitive mechanisms that allow listeners to ‘read’ speakers’ intents from vocal prosodic patterns. Participants categorized prosodic expressions that gradually varied in their acoustics between criticism, doubt, and suggestion. Categorizing typical exemplars of the three intentions induced activations along the ventral auditory stream, complemented by amygdala and mentalizing system. These findings likely depict the stepwise conversion of external perceptual information into abstract prosodic categories and internal social semantic concepts, including the speaker’s mental state. Ambiguous tokens, in turn, involved cingulo-opercular areas known to assist decision-making in case of conflicting cues. Auditory and decision-making processes were flexibly coupled with the amygdala, depending on prosodic typicality, indicating enhanced categorization efficiency of overtly relevant, meaningful prosodic signals. Altogether, the results point to a model in which auditory prosodic categorization and socio-inferential conceptualization cooperate to translate perceived vocal tone into a coherent representation of the speaker’s intent.
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- Nele Hellbernd
- Otto Hahn Group Neural Bases of Intonation in Speech and Music, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Otto Hahn Group Neural Bases of Intonation in Speech and Music, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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White-matter pathways and semantic processing: intrasurgical and lesion-symptom mapping evidence. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2019; 22:101704. [PMID: 30743137 PMCID: PMC6370559 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In the present study, we aimed to test the association between the correct function of the left ventral white matter pathways and semantic processing (dual stream models for language processing, Hickok & Poeppel, 2004), using a new set of language tasks during intraoperative electrical stimulation at white matter level. Additionally, we evaluated brain regions needed for correct performance on the different semantic tasks using lesion-symptom analyses (voxel lesion-symptom mapping and track-wise lesion analysis) in a sample of 62 candidates for the awake brain surgery. We found that electrical stimulation in the vicinity of the inferior longitudinal and inferior fronto-occipital fasciculi disturbed performance on semantic processing tasks. Individuals presented with significantly more semantic paraphasias during brain tumor resection than during the electrical stimulation at the cortex level. Track-wise analyses confirmed the role of these left ventral pathways in semantic processing: a significant relationship was observed between the probability of inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus disconnection/damage and the semantic matching tasks, as well as the number of semantic paraphasias in naming. Importantly, the same analyses for the total score of the Boston Naming Test confirmed significant relationships between this test score and the integrity of the inferior fronto-occipital, inferior longitudinal and uncinate fasciculi. This was further supported by the results of VLSM analyses showing a significant relationship between BNT and the presence of lesion within left middle and inferior temporal gyri. The present findings provide new intraoperative evidence for the role of the white-matter ventral pathways in semantic processing, while at the same time emphasizing the need to include a broader assessment of semantic-conceptual aspects during the awake neurosurgical intervention. This approach will ensure better preservation of functional tissue in the tumoral vicinity and therefore substantially diminish post-surgical language impairments. Direct electrical stimulation on the ventral white matter disrupts semantic processing. Track-wise analyses confirm intraoperative findings. Semantic matching a good candidate for monitoring in brain tumor surgeries.
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Zavanone C, Samson Y, Arbizu C, Dupont S, Dormont D, Rosso C. Critical brain regions related to post-stroke aphasia severity identified by early diffusion imaging are not the same when predicting short- and long-term outcome. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2018; 186:1-7. [PMID: 30179751 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2018.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To identify the critical brain regions associated with 7-days, 3 and 6-months aphasia severity using diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in acute post-stroke patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a voxel-based ADC (Apparent Diffusion Coefficient) analysis to identify the critical brain areas correlated with aphasia at the acute (7-days outcome) and chronic stages (3 and 6-months). The location of these areas was compared with the trajectory of the dorsal (the arcuate fasciculus) and the ventral language pathways (the inferior fronto-occipital and the uncinate fasciculi). RESULTS Disconnections of the language fasciculi, which were correlated with aphasia outcome, were not the same for the 7-days outcome (disconnection of the ventral stream) and the chronic outcome (3 and 6 months) (disconnection of the dorsal and ventral streams). CONCLUSION Routine clinical images can be merged with atlases of anatomical connectivity to provide new insights about the relationship between the lesion location and aphasia severity.
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- Chiara Zavanone
- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013 Paris, France; ARAMIS, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013 Paris, France; APHP, Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013 Paris, France; ARAMIS, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013 Paris, France; APHP, Urgences Cérébro-Vasculaires, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; UPMC Paris Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
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- APHP, Urgences Cérébro-Vasculaires, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; Centre des Maladies Cognitives et Comportementales, IM2A, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013 Paris, France; ARAMIS, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013 Paris, France; APHP, Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; UPMC Paris Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013 Paris, France; ARAMIS, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013 Paris, France; UPMC Paris Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; APHP, Department of Neuroradiology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013 Paris, France; APHP, Urgences Cérébro-Vasculaires, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; UPMC Paris Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; Control of Normal and Abnormal Movement: Physiopathology and Experimental Therapeutics, UPMC Paris 6, Inserm, U1127, CNRS, UMR 7225, Paris, France.
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Thothathiri M. Statistical experience and individual cognitive differences modulate neural activity during sentence production. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2018; 183:47-53. [PMID: 29913355 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2018.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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I explored how individual cognitive differences combine with prior statistical experience to determine choice of sentence structure during speech. Participants were exposed to English language input with controlled statistical properties wherein some verbs appeared equally often in two possible structures and others appeared in only one. Subsequently, they produced sentences naturally while their brain activity was scanned. Choosing a less preferred over a more preferred structure recruited regions involved in conflict control, especially in individuals with better control abilities. Activity within a key region, the anterior cingulate cortex or ACC, varied parametrically with the statistical input properties. ACC activation showed different correlations with language production and different functional connectivity patterns for different verbs. These results demonstrate how the adult brain adjusts to ongoing language experience and recruits different neural resources to accomplish the same speech goal under different circumstances.
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- Malathi Thothathiri
- Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, The George Washington University, 2115 G Street NW #226, Washington, DC 20052, United States.
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Li F, Zhang T, Li BJ, Zhang W, Zhao J, Song LP. Motor imagery training induces changes in brain neural networks in stroke patients. Neural Regen Res 2018; 13:1771-1781. [PMID: 30136692 PMCID: PMC6128064 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.238616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Motor imagery is the mental representation of an action without overt movement or muscle activation. However, the effects of motor imagery on stroke-induced hand dysfunction and brain neural networks are still unknown. We conducted a randomized controlled trial in the China Rehabilitation Research Center. Twenty stroke patients, including 13 males and 7 females, 32–51 years old, were recruited and randomly assigned to the traditional rehabilitation treatment group (PP group, n = 10) or the motor imagery training combined with traditional rehabilitation treatment group (MP group, n = 10). All patients received rehabilitation training once a day, 45 minutes per session, five times per week, for 4 consecutive weeks. In the MP group, motor imagery training was performed for 45 minutes after traditional rehabilitation training, daily. Action Research Arm Test and the Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the upper extremity were used to evaluate hand functions before and after treatment. Transcranial magnetic stimulation was used to analyze motor evoked potentials in the affected extremity. Diffusion tensor imaging was used to assess changes in brain neural networks. Compared with the PP group, the MP group showed better recovery of hand function, higher amplitude of the motor evoked potential in the abductor pollicis brevis, greater fractional anisotropy of the right dorsal pathway, and an increase in the fractional anisotropy of the bilateral dorsal pathway. Our findings indicate that 4 weeks of motor imagery training combined with traditional rehabilitation treatment improves hand function in stroke patients by enhancing the dorsal pathway. This trial has been registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (registration number: ChiCTR-OCH-12002238).
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- Fang Li
- Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine; Neurorehabilitation Center, Beijing Boai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing, China
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- Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine; Neurorehabilitation Center, Beijing Boai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing, China
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- Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine; Neurorehabilitation Center, Beijing Boai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing, China
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- Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine; Neurorehabilitation Center, Beijing Boai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing, China
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- Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine; Neurorehabilitation Center, Beijing Boai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing, China
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- Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine; Neurorehabilitation Center, Beijing Boai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing, China
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Jang SH, Cho IT, Lim JW. Recovery of aphasia and change of injured arcuate fasciculus in the dominant hemisphere in stroke patients. NeuroRehabilitation 2017; 41:759-764. [DOI: 10.3233/nre-172167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Sung Ho Jang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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Randerath J, Finkel L, Shigaki C, Burris J, Nanda A, Hwang P, Frey SH. Does it fit? - Impaired affordance perception after stroke. Neuropsychologia 2017; 108:92-102. [PMID: 29203202 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Affordance perception comprises the evaluation of whether our given bodily capabilities and properties of the environment allow particular actions. Typical impairments after left brain damage in motor cognition as well as after right brain damage in visuo-spatial abilities may affect the evaluation of whether interactions with objects are possible. Further it is unclear whether deficient motor function is accounted for when deciding upon action opportunities. For these purposes we developed a paradigm with two tasks that differ in their type of demands on affordance perception and tested it in healthy young adults (Randerath and Frey, 2016). Here, we applied one of these two tasks in stroke patients and age matched healthy participants. A sample of 34 stroke patients with either left (LBD) or right brain damage (RBD) and 29 healthy controls made decisions about whether their hands would fit through a defined horizontal aperture presented in various sizes, while they remained still. Data was analyzed using a detection theory approach and included criterion, perceptual sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy as dependent variables. In addition we applied modern voxel based lesion analyses to explore neural correlates. Compared to controls, both patient groups demonstrated lower perceptual sensitivity. As predicted, increased motor cognitive deficiencies after left brain damage and visuo-spatial deficits after right brain damage were associated with worse performance. Preliminary lesion analyses demonstrated that next to lesions in ventro-dorsal regions, damage in the cortex-claustrum-cingulate pathway may affect perceptual sensitivity. Results were similar for left and right brain damage suggesting a bilateral network. Accordingly, we propose that perceptual sensitivity for affordance based judgments is a capability depending on motor-cognitive and visuo-spatial processing, which frequently is deficient after left or right brain damage, respectively. Further research on diagnostics and training in affordance perception after brain damage is needed.
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- Jennifer Randerath
- Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany; Lurija Institute for Rehabilitation and Health Sciences at the University of Konstanz, Schmieder Foundation for Sciences and Research, Allensbach, Germany; Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, MO, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany; Lurija Institute for Rehabilitation and Health Sciences at the University of Konstanz, Schmieder Foundation for Sciences and Research, Allensbach, Germany
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- Rusk Rehabilitation Center, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Columbia, MO, USA; Neurology, SSM Health Medical Group, Fenton, MO, USA
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- Rusk Rehabilitation Center, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, MO, USA
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Friederici AD, Chomsky N, Berwick RC, Moro A, Bolhuis JJ. Language, mind and brain. Nat Hum Behav 2017; 1:713-722. [DOI: 10.1038/s41562-017-0184-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zöllner JP, Haag A, Hermsen A, Bauer S, Stahl F, Wulf K, Menzler K, Reif PS, Wagner M, Pagenstecher A, Sure U, Knake S, Rosenow F, Strzelczyk A. Ictal conduction aphasia and ictal angular gyrus syndrome as rare manifestations of epilepsy: The importance of ictal testing during video-EEG monitoring. EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR CASE REPORTS 2017; 8:55-62. [PMID: 28913167 PMCID: PMC5587238 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebcr.2017.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The aim of these two case reports is to demonstrate that a predefined, structured, multimodal clinical bed-side testing during seizures in a long-term video-EEG monitoring setting facilitates diagnosis of complex neuropsychological syndromes. To the best of our knowledge, we present the first case of conduction aphasia as the sole ictal semiology, and a patient with focal seizures producing an angular gyrus syndrome in the speech dominant hemisphere. The relevance of diagnosing ictal aphasic and angular gyrus syndromes and localizing the symptomatogenic zone is discussed. Current pathophysiological concepts are presented regarding conduction aphasia and Gerstmann's syndrome.
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- Johann Philipp Zöllner
- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Hessen, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany.,Vitos Clinical Center for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Giessen-Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Hessen, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Hessen, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Hessen, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroradiology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Essen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Hessen, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Hessen, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center Hessen, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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Perrone-Bertolotti M, Kauffmann L, Pichat C, Vidal JR, Baciu M. Effective Connectivity between Ventral Occipito-Temporal and Ventral Inferior Frontal Cortex during Lexico-Semantic Processing. A Dynamic Causal Modeling Study. Front Hum Neurosci 2017; 11:325. [PMID: 28690506 PMCID: PMC5480016 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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It has been suggested that dorsal and ventral pathways support distinct aspects of language processing. Yet, the full extent of their involvement and their inter-regional connectivity in visual word recognition is still unknown. Studies suggest that they might reflect the dual-route model of reading, with the dorsal pathway more involved in grapho-phonological conversion during phonological tasks, and the ventral pathway performing lexico-semantic access during semantic tasks. Furthermore, this subdivision is also suggested at the level of the inferior frontal cortex, involving ventral and dorsal parts for lexico-semantic and phonological processing, respectively. In the present study, we assessed inter-regional brain connectivity and task-induced modulations of brain activity during a phoneme detection and semantic categorization tasks, using fMRI in healthy subject. We used a dynamic causal modeling approach to assess inter-regional connectivity and task demand modulation within the dorsal and ventral pathways, including the following network components: the ventral occipito-temporal cortex (vOTC; dorsal and ventral), the superior temporal gyrus (STG; dorsal), the dorsal inferior frontal gyrus (dIFG; dorsal), and the ventral IFG (vIFG; ventral). We report three distinct inter-regional interactions supporting orthographic information transfer from vOTC to other language regions (vOTC -> STG, vOTC -> vIFG and vOTC -> dIFG) regardless of task demands. Moreover, we found that (a) during semantic processing (direct ventral pathway) the vOTC -> vIFG connection strength specifically increased and (b) a lack of modulation of the vOTC -> dIFG connection strength by the task that could suggest a more general involvement of the dorsal pathway during visual word recognition. Results are discussed in terms of anatomo-functional connectivity of visual word recognition network.
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- Department of Psychology, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPNC UMR 51055105Grenoble, France.,Neural Mechanisms of Human Communication Research group, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesLeipzig, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPNC UMR 51055105Grenoble, France
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- Department of Psychology, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPNC UMR 51055105Grenoble, France
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- Department of Psychology, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LPNC UMR 51055105Grenoble, France
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Efthymiopoulou E, Kasselimis DS, Ghika A, Kyrozis A, Peppas C, Evdokimidis I, Petrides M, Potagas C. The effect of cortical and subcortical lesions on spontaneous expression of memory-encoded and emotionally infused information: Evidence for a role of the ventral stream. Neuropsychologia 2017; 101:115-120. [PMID: 28495600 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2016] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/07/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The ventral stream of language processing has been implicated in the spontaneous expression of memory-encoded and emotionally infused information. The present study investigated whether left hemispheric lesions in post-stroke right-handed aphasic patients may be selectively associated with specific language functions. Speech rate was assessed with two tasks, one based on autobiographical memory of an emotionally infused event (stroke story narration) and the other based on information that is visually available at the time of speech generation ("cookie theft" picture description). CT and/or MRI scans were obtained for each patient and lesions located in 16 regions of the left hemisphere were identified and coded. The total number of cortical and subcortical areas affected served as a measure of lesion extent. While mean speech rates were similar across conditions, there were different patterns of association between each index and specific lesion sites. Non-parametric quantile regression statistical models constructed to assess dependence of both speech rate indices on each lesion locus indicated that the speech rate in the stroke story had significant inverse associations with total number of lesioned areas, as well as lesions in the inferior frontal gyrus and the external/extreme capsule region. The cookie theft speech rate had significant inverse associations with total number of lesioned areas as well as lesion in the inferior frontal gyrus, but not with the external/extreme capsule region. In sum, integrity of the extreme/external capsule region appears to be important selectively for the Stroke Story task, supporting the hypothesis that the ventral stream plays a central role in spontaneous expression of memory-encoded and emotionally infused information.
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- Efthymia Efthymiopoulou
- 1st Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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- 1st Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Radiology, Therapeutic Center of Athens ''Lefkos Stavros'', Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- 1st Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Liuzzi AG, Bruffaerts R, Peeters R, Adamczuk K, Keuleers E, De Deyne S, Storms G, Dupont P, Vandenberghe R. Cross-modal representation of spoken and written word meaning in left pars triangularis. Neuroimage 2017; 150:292-307. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Revised: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Sierpowska J, Gabarrós A, Fernandez-Coello A, Camins À, Castañer S, Juncadella M, Morís J, Rodríguez-Fornells A. Words are not enough: nonword repetition as an indicator of arcuate fasciculus integrity during brain tumor resection. J Neurosurg 2017; 126:435-445. [DOI: 10.3171/2016.2.jns151592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Subcortical electrical stimulation during brain surgery may allow localization of functionally crucial white matter fibers and thus tailoring of the tumor resection according to its functional limits. The arcuate fasciculus (AF) is a white matter bundle connecting frontal, temporal, and parietal cortical areas that is often disrupted by left brain lesions. It plays a critical role in several cognitive functions related to phonological processing, but current intraoperative monitoring methods do not yet allow mapping of this tract with sufficient precision. In the present study the authors aimed to test a new paradigm for the intraoperative monitoring of the AF.
METHODS
In this report, the authors studied 12 patients undergoing awake brain surgery for tumor resection with a related risk of AF damage. To preserve AF integrity and the cognitive processes sustained by this tract in the intraoperative context, the authors used real word repetition (WR) and nonword repetition (NWR) tasks as complements to standard picture naming.
RESULTS
Compared with the errors identified by WR or picture naming, the NWR task allowed the detection of subtle errors possibly related to AF alterations. Moreover, only 3 patients demonstrated phonological paraphasias in standard picture naming, and in 2 of these patients the paraphasias co-occurred with the total loss of WR and NWR ability. Before surgery, lesion volume predicted a patient's NWR performance.
CONCLUSIONS
The authors suggest that monitoring NWR intraoperatively may complement the standard naming tasks and could permit better preservation of the important language production functions subserved by the AF.
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- Joanna Sierpowska
- 1Cognition and Brain Plasticity Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
- 2Department of Basic Psychology, Campus Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
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- 3Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Neurosurgery Section, Campus Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
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- 3Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Neurosurgery Section, Campus Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
- 4CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina
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- 5Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge, Centre Bellvitge, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
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- 5Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge, Centre Bellvitge, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
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- 6Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Neurology Section, Campus Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat; and
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- 1Cognition and Brain Plasticity Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
- 2Department of Basic Psychology, Campus Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
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- 1Cognition and Brain Plasticity Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
- 2Department of Basic Psychology, Campus Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
- 7Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
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Kasselimis DS, Simos PG, Peppas C, Evdokimidis I, Potagas C. The unbridged gap between clinical diagnosis and contemporary research on aphasia: A short discussion on the validity and clinical utility of taxonomic categories. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2017; 164:63-67. [PMID: 27810646 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2016.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2016] [Revised: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Even if the traditional aphasia classification is continuously questioned by many scholars, it remains widely accepted among clinicians and included in textbooks as the gold standard. The present study aims to investigate the validity and clinical utility of this taxonomy. For this purpose, 65 left-hemisphere stroke patients were assessed and classified with respect to aphasia type based on performance on a Greek adaptation of the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination. MRI and/or CT scans were obtained for each patient and lesions were identified and coded according to location. Results indicate that 26.5% of the aphasic profiles remained unclassified. More importantly, we failed to confirm the traditional lesion-to-syndrome correspondence for 63.5% of patients. Overall, our findings elucidate crucial vulnerabilities of the neo-associationist classification, and further support a deficit-rather than a syndrome-based approach. The issue of unclassifiable patients is also discussed.
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- Dimitrios S Kasselimis
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
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- Department of Radiology, Therapeutic Center of Athens "Lefkos Stavros", Greece
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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Distinct Contributions of Dorsal and Ventral Streams to Imitation of Tool-Use and Communicative Gestures. Cereb Cortex 2016; 28:474-492. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Mars RB, Foxley S, Verhagen L, Jbabdi S, Sallet J, Noonan MP, Neubert FX, Andersson JL, Croxson PL, Dunbar RIM, Khrapitchev AA, Sibson NR, Miller KL, Rushworth MFS. The extreme capsule fiber complex in humans and macaque monkeys: a comparative diffusion MRI tractography study. Brain Struct Funct 2016; 221:4059-4071. [PMID: 26627483 PMCID: PMC5065901 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1146-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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We compared the course and cortical projections of white matter fibers passing through the extreme capsule in humans and macaques. Previous comparisons of this tract have suggested a uniquely human posterior projection, but these studies have always employed different techniques in the different species. Here we used the same technique, diffusion MRI, in both species to avoid attributing differences in techniques to differences in species. Diffusion MRI-based probabilistic tractography was performed from a seed area in the extreme capsule in both human and macaques. We compared in vivo data of humans and macaques as well as one high-resolution ex vivo macaque dataset. Tractography in the macaque was able to replicate most results known from macaque tracer studies, including selective innervation of frontal cortical areas and targets in the superior temporal cortex. In addition, however, we also observed some tracts that are not commonly reported in macaque tracer studies and that are more reminiscent of results previously only reported in the human. In humans, we show that the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex innervations are broadly similar to those in the macaque. These results suggest that evolutionary changes in the human extreme capsule fiber complex are likely more gradual than punctuated. Further, they demonstrate both the potential and limitations of diffusion MRI tractography.
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- Rogier B Mars
- Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 EZ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD, UK
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD, UK
- Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029-6574, USA
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD, UK
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- Cancer Research UK/Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Cancer Research UK/Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD, UK
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Sarubbo S, De Benedictis A, Merler S, Mandonnet E, Barbareschi M, Dallabona M, Chioffi F, Duffau H. Structural and functional integration between dorsal and ventral language streams as revealed by blunt dissection and direct electrical stimulation. Hum Brain Mapp 2016; 37:3858-3872. [PMID: 27258125 PMCID: PMC6867442 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2016] [Revised: 05/07/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The most accepted framework of language processing includes a dorsal phonological and a ventral semantic pathway, connecting a wide network of distributed cortical hubs. However, the cortico-subcortical connectivity and the reciprocal anatomical relationships of this dual-stream system are not completely clarified. We performed an original blunt microdissection of 10 hemispheres with the exposition of locoregional short fibers and six long-range fascicles involved in language elaboration. Special attention was addressed to the analysis of termination sites and anatomical relationships between long- and short-range fascicles. We correlated these anatomical findings with a topographical analysis of 93 functional responses located at the terminal sites of the language bundles, collected by direct electrical stimulation in 108 right-handers. The locations of phonological and semantic paraphasias, verbal apraxia, speech arrest, pure anomia, and alexia were statistically analyzed, and the respective barycenters were computed in the MNI space. We found that terminations of main language bundles and functional responses have a wider distribution in respect to the classical definition of language territories. Our analysis showed that dorsal and ventral streams have a similar anatomical layer organization. These pathways are parallel and relatively segregated over their subcortical course while their terminal fibers are strictly overlapped at the cortical level. Finally, the anatomical features of the U-fibers suggested a role of locoregional integration between the phonological, semantic, and executive subnetworks of language, in particular within the inferoventral frontal lobe and the temporoparietal junction, which revealed to be the main criss-cross regions between the dorsal and ventral pathways. Hum Brain Mapp 37:3858-3872, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Silvio Sarubbo
- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, "S. Chiara" Hospital, Trento APSS - 9 Largo Medaglie D'Oro, Trento, 38122, Italy.
- Structural and Functional Connectivity Lab, Division of Neurosurgery, "S. Chiara" Hospital, Trento APSS - 9 Largo Medaglie D'Oro, Trento, 38122, Italy.
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- Department of Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation, Neurosurgery Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital - IRCCS, 4 Piazza Sant'Onofrio, Roma, 00165, Italy
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- Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), 18 via Sommarive, Trento, 38123, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisiere Hospital, 2 Rue Ambroise Pare, Paris, 75010, France
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- Department of Histopathology, "S. Chiara" Hospital, Trento APSS - 9 Largo Medaglie D'Oro, Trento, 38122, Italy
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, "S. Chiara" Hospital, Trento APSS - 9 Largo Medaglie D'Oro, Trento, 38122, Italy
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, "S. Chiara" Hospital, Trento APSS - 9 Largo Medaglie D'Oro, Trento, 38122, Italy
- Structural and Functional Connectivity Lab, Division of Neurosurgery, "S. Chiara" Hospital, Trento APSS - 9 Largo Medaglie D'Oro, Trento, 38122, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Gui De Chauliac, Montpellier University Medical Center, 80 Av Augustin Fliche, Montpellier, 34295, France
- Institute for Neuroscience of Montpellier, INSERM U1051, Team "Plasticity of Central Nervous System, Stem Cells and Glial Tumors," Saint Eloi Hospital, Montpellier, France
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Tremblay P, Dick AS. Broca and Wernicke are dead, or moving past the classic model of language neurobiology. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2016; 162:60-71. [PMID: 27584714 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2016.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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With the advancement of cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychological research, the field of language neurobiology is at a cross-roads with respect to its framing theories. The central thesis of this article is that the major historical framing model, the Classic "Wernicke-Lichtheim-Geschwind" model, and associated terminology, is no longer adequate for contemporary investigations into the neurobiology of language. We argue that the Classic model (1) is based on an outdated brain anatomy; (2) does not adequately represent the distributed connectivity relevant for language, (3) offers a modular and "language centric" perspective, and (4) focuses on cortical structures, for the most part leaving out subcortical regions and relevant connections. To make our case, we discuss the issue of anatomical specificity with a focus on the contemporary usage of the terms "Broca's and Wernicke's area", including results of a survey that was conducted within the language neurobiology community. We demonstrate that there is no consistent anatomical definition of "Broca's and Wernicke's Areas", and propose to replace these terms with more precise anatomical definitions. We illustrate the distributed nature of the language connectome, which extends far beyond the single-pathway notion of arcuate fasciculus connectivity established in Geschwind's version of the Classic Model. By illustrating the definitional confusion surrounding "Broca's and Wernicke's areas", and by illustrating the difficulty integrating the emerging literature on perisylvian white matter connectivity into this model, we hope to expose the limits of the model, argue for its obsolescence, and suggest a path forward in defining a replacement.
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- Pascale Tremblay
- Département de Réadaptation, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada; Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Québec City, QC, Canada
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