Specific disruption of the ventral anterior temporo-frontal network reveals key implications for language comprehension and cognition

Evie Kourtidou; Dimitrios Kasselimis; Georgia Angelopoulou; Efstratios Karavasilis; Georgios Velonakis; Nikolaos Kelekis; Ioannis Zalonis; Ioannis Evdokimidis; Constantin Potagas; Michael Petrides

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03983-9

Communications Biology (Oct 2022)

Specific disruption of the ventral anterior temporo-frontal network reveals key implications for language comprehension and cognition

Evie Kourtidou,
Dimitrios Kasselimis,
Georgia Angelopoulou,
Efstratios Karavasilis,
Georgios Velonakis,
Nikolaos Kelekis,
Ioannis Zalonis,
Ioannis Evdokimidis,
Constantin Potagas,
Michael Petrides

Affiliations

Evie Kourtidou: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aeginition Hospital, Neuropsychology and Language Disorders Unit, First Department of Neurology
Dimitrios Kasselimis: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aeginition Hospital, Neuropsychology and Language Disorders Unit, First Department of Neurology
Georgia Angelopoulou: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aeginition Hospital, Neuropsychology and Language Disorders Unit, First Department of Neurology
Efstratios Karavasilis: Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, 6th kilometer
Georgios Velonakis: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aeginition Hospital “Attikon”, Second Department of Radiology
Nikolaos Kelekis: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aeginition Hospital “Attikon”, Second Department of Radiology
Ioannis Zalonis: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aeginition Hospital, Neuropsychological Laboratory, First Department of Neurology
Ioannis Evdokimidis: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aeginition Hospital, Neuropsychology and Language Disorders Unit, First Department of Neurology
Constantin Potagas: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aeginition Hospital, Neuropsychology and Language Disorders Unit, First Department of Neurology
Michael Petrides: McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03983-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

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Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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