Abstract
While there is strong evidence from lesion and functional imaging studies implicating the left anterior temporal pole (LTP) in naming unique entities, less is known about white matter tracts in category-specific naming. We present evidence that implicates the uncinate fasciculus (UF) in proper noun naming. First, we describe two patients with left LTP gliomas who developed category specific worsening in proper noun naming in real time during awake surgery when the UF was surgically involved. We then describe a third case involving targeted electrical stimulation of the UF using stereo-electroencephalography (sEEG) that resulted in category specific naming disturbance for proper nouns.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 439-447 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Neurocase |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- Proper noun anomia
- intraoperative neuropsychological testing
- left temporal pole
- stereo EEG
- uncinate fasciculus
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Clinical Neurology