Fig. 2: Lateral view of the left hemisphere lesion of the patient with damage to the ventral language network (patient AA). | Communications Biology

Fig. 2: Lateral view of the left hemisphere lesion of the patient with damage to the ventral language network (patient AA).

From: Specific disruption of the ventral anterior temporo-frontal network reveals key implications for language comprehension and cognition

Fig. 2

The cortical lesion is marked by the red color and occupies the superior and middle temporal gyri (STG and MTG) anterior to the sulcus acousticus (sa), as well as the pars triangularis (area 45) of the inferior frontal gyrus. Note that the posterior parts of the superior and middle temporal gyri (i.e. the classical Wernicke area) and also the cortex of the pars opercularis (area 44) are spared. Thus, the lesion is restricted to the ventral language stream. Subcortically, the lesion is represented by the pale pink color. The lesion of the patient was reconstructed in MNI stereotaxic space and projected on the standard average MNI brain65,66. Abbreviations: aalf ascending anterior ramus of the lateral fissure; half horizontal ascending ramus of the lateral fissure; ifs inferior frontal sulcus; lf lateral fissure; MTG middle temporal gyrus; Op pars opercularis (area 44); sa sulcus acousticus; STG superior temporal gyrus; sts superior temporal sulcus; Tr pars triangularis (area 45); ts triangular sulcus.

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