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  • Title: Electrical stimulation mapping of nouns and verbs in Broca's area.
    Author: Havas V, Gabarrós A, Juncadella M, Rifa-Ros X, Plans G, Acebes JJ, de Diego Balaguer R, Rodríguez-Fornells A.
    Journal: Brain Lang; 2015; 145-146():53-63. PubMed ID: 25957505.
    Abstract:
    Electric stimulation mapping (ESM) is frequently used during brain surgery to localise higher cognitive functions to avoid post-chirurgical disabilities. Experiments with brain imaging techniques and neuropsychological studies showed differences in the cortical representation and processing of nouns and verbs. The goal of the present study was to investigate whether electric stimulation in specific sites in the frontal cortex disrupted noun and verb production selectively. We found that most of the stimulated areas showed disruption of both verbs and nouns at the inferior frontal gyrus. However, when selective effects were obtained, verbs were more prone to disruption than nouns with important individual differences. The overall results indicate that selective impairments can be observed at inferior and middle frontal regions and the action naming task seems to be more suitable to avoid post-chirurgical language disabilities, as it shows a greater sensitivity to disruption with ESM than the classical object naming task.
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