DTI-based tractography of the arcuate fasciculus in patients with polymicrogyria and language disorders

Highlights • Patients with PMG commonly present with language disorders. • DTI-tractography allows parcellation and quantitative analysis of brain WM. • The AF is a major association tract involved in human language. • DTI-tractography demonstrates several qualitative and quantitative abnormalities...

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Published in:European journal of radiology 2015-11, Vol.84 (11), p.2280-2286
Main Authors: Andrade, Celi S, Figueiredo, Kenya G, Valeriano, Cassia, Mendoza, Melanie, Valente, Kette D.R, Otaduy, Maria C.G, Leite, Claudia C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Brain - pathology
Brain Mapping - methods
Diffusion Tensor Imaging - methods
Diffusion tensor imaging – fiber tractography
Female
Humans
Language disorders
Language Disorders - complications
Language Disorders - pathology
Magnetic resonance imaging
Male
Malformations of cortical development
Polymicrogyria
Polymicrogyria - complications
Polymicrogyria - pathology
Prospective Studies
Radiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • Patients with PMG commonly present with language disorders. • DTI-tractography allows parcellation and quantitative analysis of brain WM. • The AF is a major association tract involved in human language. • DTI-tractography demonstrates several qualitative and quantitative abnormalities of the AF in PMG. • Disrupted AF may constitute an anatomical substrate for language disorders in PMG.
ISSN:0720-048X
1872-7727
DOI:10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.07.014