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ArticleActa neurochirurgica2025

Transient selective aphasia in highly proficient bilinguals triggered by electrical stimulation of the left superior temporal gyrus.

Ileana Quiñones, Sandra Gisbert-Muñoz, Garazi Bermudez, Iñigo Pomposo, Santiago Gil Robles, Manuel Carreiras, Lucia Amoruso

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Ileana Quiñones *Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, San Sebastian, Spain. ILIANA.QUINONESGONZALEZ@bio-gipuzkoa.eus.
Sandra Gisbert-Muñoz *ESIC Business and Marketing School, Valencia, Spain.
Garazi BermudezDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hospital Cruces, 48903, Bilbao, Spain.
Iñigo PomposoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hospital Cruces, 48903, Bilbao, Spain.
Santiago Gil RoblesBioCruces Research Institute, 48015, Bilbao, Spain.
Manuel CarreirasIKERBASQUE. Basque Foundation for Science, 48009, Bilbao, Spain.
Lucia AmorusoIKERBASQUE. Basque Foundation for Science, 48009, Bilbao, Spain. l.amoruso@bcbl.eu.

Funding

Agencia Estatal de Investigación Ramon y Cajal Fellowships RYC2022-035514-I (LA)Agencia Estatal de Investigación RYC2022-035533-I (IQ)Health Department of the Basque Government 2021333011 to IP'la Caixa' Foundation ID 100010434Spanish Health Institute Carlos III Strategic Action in Health (PI24/00948)
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Abstract

Are an individual's first (L1) and second (L2) languages represented in shared or distinct brain territories? Using intraoperative electrical stimulation mapping (ESM) in two Basque-Spanish bilinguals with non-growing lesions-thus avoiding confounding effects of adaptive plasticity-this study identified distinct language representations within the left temporal lobe. Stimulation of posterior and anterior superior temporal gyri induced language-selective aphasias, whereas stimulation of the mid-temporal region and inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus produced naming errors without language specificity. These findings highlight both shared and distinct loci for L1 and L2, advancing our understanding of bilingual brain organization.

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AphasiaMultilingualismTemporal LobeBrain MappingElectric StimulationFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedBilingualismDirect electrical stimulationLeft superior temporal gyrus

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PMCPMC11972172

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