Contributions of the left and right thalami to language: A meta-analytic approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite a pervasive cortico-centric view in cognitive neuroscience, subcortical structures including the thalamus have been shown to be increasingly involved in higher cognitive functions. Previous structural and functional imaging studies demonstrated cortico-thalamo-cortical loops which may support various cognitive functions including language. However, large-scale functional connectivity of the thalamus during language tasks has not been examined before.

Methods

The present study employed meta-analytic connectivity modeling to identify language-related coactivation patterns of the left and right thalami. The left and right thalami were used as regions of interest to search the BrainMap functional database for neuroimaging experiments with healthy participants

SUBMITTER: Bulut T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11611992 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature