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ArticleCommunications biology2023

Dynamic network properties of the superior temporal gyrus mediate the impact of brain age gap on chronic aphasia severity.

Janina Wilmskoetter, Natalie Busby, Xiaosong He, Lorenzo Caciagli, Rebecca Roth, Sigfus Kristinsson, Kathryn A Davis, Chris Rorden, Dani S Bassett, Julius Fridriksson and 1 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Comparison of Large Language Model with Aphasia.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  7. Insights gained over 60 years on factors shaping post-stroke aphasia recovery: A commentary on Vignolo (1964).Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Janina WilmskoetterDepartment of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. wilmskoe@musc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1083-7301
Natalie BusbyDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Xiaosong HeDepartment of Psychology, University of Science and Technology of China, Beijing, China.
Lorenzo CaciagliDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7189-9699
Rebecca RothDepartment of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Sigfus KristinssonDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Kathryn A DavisDepartment of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Chris RordenDepartment of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Dani S BassettDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6183-4493
Julius FridrikssonDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Leonardo BonilhaDepartment of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
University of South Carolina · USEmory University · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USMedical University of South Carolina · USSanta Fe Institute · USUniversity of Science and Technology of China · CN

Funding

Telerehab for Aphasia (TERRA)P50DC014664 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI FRIDRIKSSON, JULIUS · 2016 to 2025
$25.0M
Cortical and Subcortical Organization of Language-Related Semantic Processing in Alzheimer's DiseaseR01DC014021 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI BONILHA, LEONARDO F · 2014 to 2023
$4.7M
Trans-cranial Direct Current Stimulation to Treat Aphasia: Phase II TrialU01DC011739 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI FRIDRIKSSON, JULIUS · 2012 to 2016
$4.4M
Speech Entrainment for Aphasia Recovery (SpARc)U01DC017521 · NIDCD · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI BONILHA, LEONARDO F, FRIDRIKSSON, JULIUS · 2019 to 2023
$4.2M
Optimized Intracranial EEG Targeting in Focal Epilepsy based upon Neuroimaging ConnectomicsR01NS116504 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DAVIS, KATHRYN ADAMIAK · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
NIDCD NIH HHS P50 DC014664NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC014021NIDCD NIH HHS U01 DC011739NIDCD NIH HHS U01 DC017521NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS116504
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain structure deteriorates with aging and predisposes an individual to more severe language impairments (aphasia) after a stroke. However, the underlying mechanisms of this relation are not well understood. Here we use an approach to model brain network properties outside the stroke lesion, network controllability, to investigate relations among individualized structural brain connections, brain age, and aphasia severity in 93 participants with chronic post-stroke aphasia. Controlling for the stroke lesion size, we observe that lower average controllability of the posterior superior temporal gyrus (STG) mediates the relation between advanced brain aging and aphasia severity. Lower controllability of the left posterior STG signifies that activity in the left posterior STG is less likely to yield a response in other brain regions due to the topological properties of the structural brain networks. These results indicate that advanced brain aging among individuals with post-stroke aphasia is associated with disruption of dynamic properties of a critical language-related area, the STG, which contributes to worse aphasic symptoms. Because brain aging is variable among individuals with aphasia, our results provide further insight into the mechanisms underlying the variance in clinical trajectories in post-stroke aphasia.

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AphasiaStrokeBrainBrain MappingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingTemporal Lobe

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PMID37452209
PMCPMC10349039
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