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Title: | Subcortical Aphasia |
Authors: | RADANOVIC, Marcia; ALMEIDA, Victor N. |
Citation: | CURRENT NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE REPORTS, v.21, n.12, article ID 73, 15p, 2021 |
Abstract: | Purpose of Review Subcortical structures have long been thought to play a role in language processing. Increasingly spirited debates on language studies, arising from as early as the nineteenth century, grew remarkably sophisticated as the years pass. In the context of non-thalamic aphasia, a few theoretical frameworks have been laid out. The disconnection hypothesis postulates that basal ganglia insults result in aphasia due to a rupture of connectivity between Broca and Wernicke's areas. A second viewpoint conjectures that the basal ganglia would more directly partake in language processing, and a third stream proclaims that aphasia would stem from cortical deafferentation. On the other hand, thalamic aphasia is more predominantly deemed as a resultant of diaschisis. This article reviews the above topics with recent findings on deep brain stimulation, neurophysiology, and aphasiology. Recent Findings The more recent approach conceptualizes non-thalamic aphasias as the offspring of unpredictable cortical hypoperfusion. Regarding the thalamus, there is mounting evidence now pointing to leading contributions of the pulvinar/lateral posterior nucleus and the anterior/ventral anterior thalamus to language disturbances. While the former appears to relate to lexical-semantic indiscrimination, the latter seems to bring about a severe breakdown in word selection and/or spontaneous top-down lexical-semantic operations. The characterization of subcortical aphasias and the role of the basal ganglia and thalamus in language processing continues to pose a challenge. Neuroimaging studies have pointed a path forward, and we believe that more recent methods such as tractography and connectivity studies will significantly expand our knowledge in this particular area of aphasiology. |
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