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ArticleBrain structure & function2021

Effect of corpus callosum agenesis on the language network in children and adolescents.

Lisa Bartha-Doering, Ernst Schwartz, Kathrin Kollndorfer, Florian Ph S Fischmeister, Astrid Novak, Georg Langs, Harald Werneck, Daniela Prayer, Rainer Seidl, Gregor Kasprian

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Article in Brain structure & function, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lisa Bartha-DoeringDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. elisabeth.bartha-doering@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0546-8425
Ernst SchwartzDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Kathrin KollndorferComprehensive Center for Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Florian Ph S FischmeisterInstitute of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Astrid NovakDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Georg LangsDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Harald WerneckDepartment for Psychology of Development and Education, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Daniela PrayerDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Rainer SeidlDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Gregor KasprianDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Medical University of Vienna · ATComprehensive Cancer Center Vienna · ATUniversity of Graz · ATUniversity of Vienna · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund KLI 544-B27Austrian Science Fund FWF KLI 544Horizon 2020 765148
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study is interested in the role of the corpus callosum in the development of the language network. We, therefore, investigated language abilities and the language network using task-based fMRI in three cases of complete agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC), three cases of partial ACC and six controls. Although the children with complete ACC revealed impaired functions in specific language domains, no child with partial ACC showed a test score below average. As a group, ACC children performed significantly worse than healthy controls in verbal fluency and naming. Furthermore, whole-brain ROI-to-ROI connectivity analyses revealed reduced intrahemispheric and right intrahemispheric functional connectivity in ACC patients as compared to controls. In addition, stronger functional connectivity between left and right temporal areas was associated with better language abilities in the ACC group. In healthy controls, no association between language abilities and connectivity was found. Our results show that ACC is associated not only with less interhemispheric, but also with less right intrahemispheric language network connectivity in line with reduced verbal abilities. The present study, thus, supports the excitatory role of the corpus callosum in functional language network connectivity and language abilities.

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LanguageAdolescentAgenesis of Corpus CallosumChildCognitionCorpus CallosumFemaleFunctional LateralityHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleCorpus callosumCorpus callosum agenesisFunctional connectivityLanguage abilitiesLanguage network

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PMID33496825
PMCPMC7981296
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