White matter networks dissociate semantic control from semantic knowledge representations: Evidence from voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping

Autor: Mingyue Luo, Luping Song, Zaizhu Han, Xiaoxia Du, Yan Chen, Keliang Chen, Junhua Ding, Qing Yang, Nan Zhang, Yumei Zhang, Yingru Lv, Qihao Guo
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Cognitive Neuropsychology. 37:450-465
ISSN: 1464-0627
0264-3294
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2020.1767560
Popis: Although semantic system is composed of two distinctive processes (i.e., semantic knowledge and semantic control), it remains unknown in which way these two processes dissociate from each other. Investigating the white matter neuroanatomy underlying these processes helps improve understanding of this question. To address this issue, we recruited brain-damaged patients with semantic dementia (SD) and semantic aphasia (SA), who had selective predominant deficits in semantic knowledge and semantic control, respectively. We built regression models to identify the white matter network associated with the semantic performance of each patient group. Semantic knowledge deficits in the SD patients were associated with damage to the left medial temporal network, while semantic control deficits in the SA patients were associated with damage to the other two networks (left frontal-temporal/occipital and frontal-subcortical networks). The further voxel-based analysis revealed additional semantic-relevant white matter tracts. These findings specify different processing principles of the components in semantic system.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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