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Changes in auditory feedback connections determine the severity of speech processing deficits after stroke.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22442088     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We compared brain structure and function in two subgroups of 21 stroke patients with either moderate or severe chronic speech comprehension impairment. Both groups had damage to the supratemporal plane; however, the severe group suffered greater damage to two unimodal auditory areas: primary auditory cortex and the planum temporale. The effects of this damage were investigated using fMRI while patients listened to speech and speech-like sounds. Pronounced changes in connectivity were found in both groups in undamaged parts of the auditory hierarchy. Compared to controls, moderate patients had significantly stronger feedback connections from planum temporale to primary auditory cortex bilaterally, while in severe patients this connection was significantly weaker in the undamaged right hemisphere. This suggests that predictive feedback mechanisms compensate in moderately affected patients but not in severely affected patients. The key pathomechanism in humans with persistent speech comprehension impairments may be impaired feedback connectivity to unimodal auditory areas.
Authors:
Thomas M Schofield; Will D Penny; Klaas E Stephan; Jennifer T Crinion; Alan J Thompson; Cathy J Price; Alexander P Leff
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience     Volume:  32     ISSN:  1529-2401     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Neurosci.     Publication Date:  2012 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-03-23     Completed Date:  2012-05-18     Revised Date:  2012-10-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8102140     Medline TA:  J Neurosci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  4260-70     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, London, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation / methods
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Auditory Cortex* / blood supply,  pathology,  physiopathology
Auditory Pathways / blood supply,  pathology,  physiopathology
Brain Mapping*
Comprehension
Female
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Statistical
Nonlinear Dynamics
Oxygen / blood
Speech Disorders / etiology*,  pathology*
Speech Perception / physiology*
Stroke / complications*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
075765//Wellcome Trust; //Wellcome Trust
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7782-44-7/Oxygen
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