White matter tracts and executive functions: a review of causal and correlation evidence

M Ribeiro, YN Yordanova, V Noblet, G Herbet… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Executive functions are high-level cognitive processes involving abilities such as working
memory/updating, set-shifting and inhibition. These complex cognitive functions are enabled …

The frontal aslant tract and its role in executive functions: a quantitative tractography study in glioma patients

MJF Landers, SPL Meesters, M van Zandvoort… - Brain imaging and …, 2022 - Springer
Focal white matter lesions can cause cognitive impairments due to disconnections within or
between networks. There is some preliminary evidence that there are specific hubs and fiber …

The white matter architecture underlying semantic processing: A systematic review

EM Cocquyt, E Lanckmans, P van Mierlo, W Duyck… - Neuropsychologia, 2020 - Elsevier
From a holistic point of view, semantic processes are subserved by large-scale subcortico-
cortical networks. The dynamic routing of information between grey matter structures …

White matter disconnection of left multiple demand network is associated with post-lesion deficits in cognitive control

J Jiang, J Bruss, WT Lee, D Tranel, AD Boes - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Cognitive control modulates other cognitive functions to achieve internal goals and is
important for adaptive behavior. Cognitive control is enabled by the neural computations …

The left inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus subserves language semantics: a multilevel lesion study

F Almairac, G Herbet, S Moritz-Gasser… - Brain Structure and …, 2015 - Springer
Consequential works in cognitive neuroscience have led to the formulation of an interactive
dual-stream model of language processing: the dorsal stream may process the phonological …

Neuroanatomical substrates of executive functions: Beyond prefrontal structures

BM Bettcher, D Mungas, N Patel, J Elofson, S Dutt… - Neuropsychologia, 2016 - Elsevier
Executive functions are often considered lynchpin “frontal lobe tasks”, despite accumulating
evidence that a broad network of anterior and posterior brain structures supports them …

Network-behavior mapping of lasting executive impairments after low-grade glioma surgery

J Cochereau, AL Lemaitre, M Wager… - Brain Structure and …, 2020 - Springer
Executive functions (EF) may be significantly impaired following low-grade glioma (LGG)
surgery, especially in the event of white matter (WM) disruption. The aim of this study was to …

Joint impact on attention, alertness and inhibition of lesions at a frontal white matter crossroad

BC Kaufmann, D Cazzoli, M Pastore-Wapp… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In everyday life, information from different cognitive domains—such as visuospatial attention,
alertness and inhibition—needs to be integrated between different brain regions. Early …

White matter tracts contribute selectively to cognitive functioning in patients with glioma

M Andreoli, MA Mackie, D Aaby, MC Tate - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective The functional organization of white matter (WM) tracts is not well characterized,
especially in patients with intrinsic brain tumors where complex patterns of tissue injury …

Functions of the frontal lobes: relation to executive functions

DT Stuss - Journal of the international neuropsychological Society, 2011 - cambridge.org
Proceeding from the assumptions that specific frontal regions control discrete functions and
that very basic cognitive processes can be systematically manipulated to reveal those …