ReviewBrain and language2019
Knowledge of language function and underlying neural networks gained from focal seizures and epilepsy surgery.
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- Roles of fMRI and Wada tests in the presurgical evaluation of language functions in temporal lobe epilepsy.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Graded extent of hippocampal resection is related to neuropsychological outcomes in temporal lobe epilepsy surgery.Epilepsia · 2026Article
- Beyond Broca and Wernicke: Epilepsy surgery in the language areas.Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape · 2026Review
- Language and Memory Network Alterations in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Functional and Structural Connectivity Study.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2025Article
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- Hyperphosphorylated Tau and Cognition in Epilepsy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Integrating the 5-SENSE Score for Patient Selection in Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy.Cureus · 2024Article
- Language Lateralization by Passive Auditory fMRI in Presurgical Assessment for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- An exploration of anomia rehabilitation in drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy.Epilepsy & behavior reports · 2024Article
- Immediate neural impact and incomplete compensation after semantic hub disconnection.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Abnormal Brain Structure Is Associated with Social and Communication Deficits in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Analysis.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- The Processing Differences between Chinese Proper Nouns and Common Nouns in the Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- White matter association tracts underlying language and theory of mind: An investigation of 809 brains from the Human Connectome Project.NeuroImage · 2022Article
- Rationale and Design of the National Neuropsychology Network.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2022Article
- Interactive mapping of language and memory with the GE2REC protocol.Brain imaging and behavior · 2021Article
- Resting-state hippocampal networks related to language processing reveal unique patterns in temporal lobe epilepsy.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2021Article
- Mapping of Language-and-Memory Networks in Patients With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy by Using the GE2REC Protocol.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Cognitive and Emotional Mapping With SEEG.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Review
- Working Memory and Language Contribution to Verbal Learning and Memory in Drug-Resistant Unilateral Focal Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Changes in description naming for common and proper nouns after left anterior temporal lobectomy.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2020Article
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Abstract
The effects of epilepsy and its treatments have contributed significantly to language models. The setting of epilepsy surgery, which allows for careful pre- and postsurgical evaluation of patients with cognitive testing and neuroimaging, has produced a wealth of language findings. Moreover, a new wave of surgical interventions, including stereotactic laser ablation and radio frequency ablation, have contributed new insights and corrections to language models as they can make extremely precise, focal lesions. This review covers the common language deficits observed in focal dyscognitive seizure syndromes. It also addresses the effects of surgical interventions on language, and highlights insights gained from unique epilepsy assessment methods (e.g., cortical stimulation mapping, Wada evaluation). Emergent findings are covered including a lack of involvement of the hippocampus in confrontation word retrieval, possible roles for key white matter tracts in language, and the often-overlooked basal temporal language area. The relationship between language and semantic memory networks is also explored, with brief consideration given to the prevailing models of semantic processing, including the amodal Hub and distributed, multi-modal processing models.
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