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Ann Neurol ; 76(5): 738-46, 2014 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25164766

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OBJECTIVE: Computation of a prearticulatory phonological representation (phonological access, or phonological retrieval) is an essential process in speech production whose neural localization is not clear. This study combined a specific behavioral measure of phonological access and multivariate voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping (VLSM) in a series of left hemisphere stroke patients to identify brain regions critical for this process. METHODS: Phonological access was assessed in 40 chronic ischemic stroke patients using a silent rhyming task to avoid confounds with motor planning and articulation deficits. Additional covariates were incorporated in the VLSM analysis to control for orthographic and working memory demands of the rhyming task, and for age, education, and total lesion volume. The resulting t statistic maps were thresholded at voxelwise p < 0.001 and cluster-corrected at a familywise error of p < 0.05. RESULTS: Phonological access impairment was correlated with damage to a focal region of cortex and white matter caudal to the posterior sylvian fissure, which included the posterior supramarginal gyrus and adjacent anterior angular gyrus, planum temporale, and posterior superior temporal gyrus. No correlation was observed with Broca's area, insula, or sensorimotor cortex. An additional VLSM showed no correlation between damage in this posterior perisylvian region and spoken word comprehension. INTERPRETATION: This is the first demonstration of a specific lesion correlate for phonological access impairment. Although this posterior perisylvian region overlaps with some versions of the classical Wernicke area, the present results demonstrate its involvement in prearticulatory phonological production rather than speech perception or lexical-semantic processes.


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Auditory Perception , Brain/pathology , Judgment , Memory , Stroke/pathology , Stroke/psychology , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Brain/physiopathology , Brain Mapping , Female , Functional Laterality , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Psychomotor Performance , Speech , Speech Perception , Stroke/physiopathology
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Brain Lang ; 133: 1-13, 2014 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24735993

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Are there multiple ways to be a skilled reader? To address this longstanding, unresolved question, we hypothesized that individual variability in using semantic information in reading aloud would be associated with neuroanatomical variation in pathways linking semantics and phonology. Left-hemisphere regions of interest for diffusion tensor imaging analysis were defined based on fMRI results, including two regions linked with semantic processing - angular gyrus (AG) and inferior temporal sulcus (ITS) - and two linked with phonological processing - posterior superior temporal gyrus (pSTG) and posterior middle temporal gyrus (pMTG). Effects of imageability (a semantic measure) on response times varied widely among individuals and covaried with the volume of pathways through the ITS and pMTG, and through AG and pSTG, partially overlapping the inferior longitudinal fasciculus and the posterior branch of the arcuate fasciculus. These results suggest strategy differences among skilled readers associated with structural variation in the neural reading network.


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Brain Mapping/methods , Parietal Lobe/physiology , Reading , Semantics , Temporal Lobe/physiology , Brain/physiology , Diffusion Tensor Imaging , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Parietal Lobe/anatomy & histology , Phonetics , Temporal Lobe/anatomy & histology , Young Adult
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