Functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals atypical language organization in children following perinatal left middle cerebral artery stroke

  • Lisa M. Jacola
  • , M. B. Schapiro
  • , V. J. Schmithorst
  • , A. W. Byars
  • , R. H. Strawsburg
  • , J. P. Szaflarski
  • , E. Plante
  • , S. K. Holland

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Abstract

We used verb generation and story listening tasks during fMRI to study language organization in children (7, 9 and 12 years old) with perinatal left MCA infarctions. Healthy, age-matched comparison children (n = 39) showed activation in left Broca's area during the verb generation task; in contrast, stroke subjects showed activation either bilaterally or in the right hemisphere homologue during both tasks. In Wernicke's area, comparison subjects showed left lateralization (verb generation) and bilateral activation (L > R) (story listening). Stroke subjects instead showed bilateral or right lateralization (verb generation) and bilateral activation (R > L) (story listening). Language is distributed atypically in children with perinatal left hemisphere stroke.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)46-52
Number of pages7
JournalNeuropediatrics
Volume37
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2006

Keywords

  • Language
  • Plasticity
  • Reorganization
  • Stroke
  • fMRI

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Clinical Neurology

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