Extended Broca’s Area in the Connectome of Language in Adults: Subcortical Single-Subject Analysis Using DTI Tractography

• Published in: Brain topography Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 428 - 441
• Main Authors: Lemaire, Jean-Jacques, Golby, Alexandra, Wells, William M, Pujol, Sonia, Tie, Yanmei, Rigolo, Laura, Yarmarkovich, Alexander, Pieper, Steve, Westin, Carl-Fredrik, Jolesz, Ferenc, Kikinis, Ron
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 22.09.2012

Traditional models of the human language circuitry encompass three cortical areas, Broca's, Geschwind's and Wernicke's, and their connectivity. In an effort to expand current knowledge, we used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to explore subject-specific structural macroscopic connectiv...