The frontal aslant tract: a systematic review for neurosurgical applications

E La Corte, D Eldahaby, E Greco, D Aquino… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The frontal aslant tract (FAT) is a recently identified white matter tract connecting the
supplementary motor complex and lateral superior frontal gyrus to the inferior frontal gyrus …

Diffusion tensor imaging as a prognostic tool for recovery in acute and hyperacute stroke

F Christidi, D Tsiptsios, A Fotiadou, S Kitmeridou… - Neurology …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Stroke represents a major cause of mortality and long-term disability among adult
populations, leaving a devastating socioeconomic impact globally. Clinical manifestation of …

Right hemispheric structural connectivity and poststroke language recovery

AJ Sihvonen, V Vadinova, KL Garden… - Human Brain …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Poststroke aphasia typically results from brain damage to the left‐lateralized language
network. The contribution of the right‐lateralized homologues in aphasia recovery remains …

Structural changes in the arcuate fasciculus and recovery of post-stroke aphasia: A 6-month follow-up study using diffusion tensor imaging

CR Bae, Y Na, M Cho, YM Hwang… - … and Neural Repair, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Temporal changes in the structural connectivity of major language tracts after
stroke and their contribution to aphasia recovery are unclear. Objective To investigate …

Advances in stroke neurorehabilitation

ME Gunduz, B Bucak, Z Keser - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023 - mdpi.com
Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide despite recent advances in
hyperacute interventions to lessen the initial impact of stroke. Stroke recovery therapies are …

White matter microstructural integrity pre-and post-treatment in individuals with chronic post-stroke aphasia

EJ Braun, A Billot, EL Meier, Y Pan, TB Parrish… - Brain and language, 2022 - Elsevier
While previous studies have found that white matter damage relates to impairment severity
in individuals with aphasia, further study is required to understand the relationship between …

Change in right inferior longitudinal fasciculus integrity is associated with naming recovery in subacute poststroke aphasia

M Blom-Smink, M Verly, K Spielmann… - … and Neural Repair, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Despite progress made in understanding functional reorganization patterns
underlying recovery in subacute aphasia, the relation between recovery and changes in …

Thalamic nuclei and thalamocortical pathways after left hemispheric stroke and their association with picture naming

Z Keser, EL Meier, MD Stockbridge, BL Breining… - Brain …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Background: Previous studies utilized lesion-centric approaches to study the role of the
thalamus in language. In this study, we tested the hypotheses that non-lesioned …

[HTML][HTML] Corticocerebellar white matter integrity is related to naming outcome in post-stroke aphasia

Z Keser, EL Meier, MD Stockbridge… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Studies have shown that the integrity of white matter tracts connecting different regions in the
left cerebral hemisphere is important for aphasia recovery after stroke. However, the impact …

The role of microstructural integrity of major language pathways in narrative speech in the first year after stroke

Z Keser, EL Meier, MD Stockbridge, AE Hillis - Journal of Stroke and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Purpose Left hemisphere stroke often results in a variety of
language deficits due to varying patterns of damage to language networks. The Cookie Theft …