Structural Correlates of Functional Language Dominance: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study.
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Structural Correlates of Functional Language Dominance: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study. / Jansen, Andreas; Liuzzi, Gianpiero; Deppe, Michael; Kanowski, Martin; Olschläger, Christian; Albers, Johannes M; Schlaug, Gottfried; Knecht, Stefan.
in: J NEUROIMAGING, 2009.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Structural Correlates of Functional Language Dominance: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study.
AU - Jansen, Andreas
AU - Liuzzi, Gianpiero
AU - Deppe, Michael
AU - Kanowski, Martin
AU - Olschläger, Christian
AU - Albers, Johannes M
AU - Schlaug, Gottfried
AU - Knecht, Stefan
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The goal of this study was to explore the structural correlates of functional language dominance by directly comparing the brain morphology of healthy subjects with left- and right-hemisphere language dominance. METHODS Twenty participants were selected based on their language dominance from a cohort of subjects with known language lateralization. Structural differences between both groups were assessed by voxel-based morphometry, a technique that automatically identifies differences in the local gray matter volume between groups using high-resolution T1-weighted magnetic resonance images. RESULTS The main findings can be summarized as follows: (1) Subjects with right-hemisphere language dominance had significantly larger gray matter volume in the right hippocampus than subjects with left-hemisphere language dominance. (2) Leftward structural asymmetries in the posterior superior temporal cortex, including the planum temporale (PT), were observed in both groups. CONCLUSIONS Our study does not support the still prevalent view that asymmetries of the PT are related in a direct way to functional language lateralization. The structural differences found in the hippocampus underline the importance of the medial temporal lobe in the neural language network. They are discussed in the context of recent findings attributing a critical role of the hippocampus in the development of language lateralization. J Neuroimaging 2009;XX:1-9.
AB - ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The goal of this study was to explore the structural correlates of functional language dominance by directly comparing the brain morphology of healthy subjects with left- and right-hemisphere language dominance. METHODS Twenty participants were selected based on their language dominance from a cohort of subjects with known language lateralization. Structural differences between both groups were assessed by voxel-based morphometry, a technique that automatically identifies differences in the local gray matter volume between groups using high-resolution T1-weighted magnetic resonance images. RESULTS The main findings can be summarized as follows: (1) Subjects with right-hemisphere language dominance had significantly larger gray matter volume in the right hippocampus than subjects with left-hemisphere language dominance. (2) Leftward structural asymmetries in the posterior superior temporal cortex, including the planum temporale (PT), were observed in both groups. CONCLUSIONS Our study does not support the still prevalent view that asymmetries of the PT are related in a direct way to functional language lateralization. The structural differences found in the hippocampus underline the importance of the medial temporal lobe in the neural language network. They are discussed in the context of recent findings attributing a critical role of the hippocampus in the development of language lateralization. J Neuroimaging 2009;XX:1-9.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
JO - J NEUROIMAGING
JF - J NEUROIMAGING
SN - 1051-2284
ER -