Fronto-temporal interactions are functionally relevant for semantic control in language processing.
Semantic cognition, i.e. processing of meaning is based on semantic representations and their controlled retrieval. Semantic control has been shown to be implemented in a network that consists of left inferior frontal (IFG), and anterior and posterior middle temporal gyri (a/pMTG). We aimed to disru...
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doaj-354d9dafceb44f51af03fe5bb4da275c2020-11-25T00:04:27ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01125e017775310.1371/journal.pone.0177753Fronto-temporal interactions are functionally relevant for semantic control in language processing.Max WawrzyniakFelix HoffstaedterJulian KlingbeilAnika StockertKatrin WredeGesa HartwigsenSimon B EickhoffJoseph ClassenDorothee SaurSemantic cognition, i.e. processing of meaning is based on semantic representations and their controlled retrieval. Semantic control has been shown to be implemented in a network that consists of left inferior frontal (IFG), and anterior and posterior middle temporal gyri (a/pMTG). We aimed to disrupt semantic control processes with continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) over left IFG and pMTG and to study whether behavioral effects are moderated by induced alterations in resting-state functional connectivity. To this end, we applied real cTBS over left IFG and left pMTG as well as sham stimulation on 20 healthy participants in a within-subject design. Stimulation was followed by resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and a semantic priming paradigm. Resting-state functional connectivity of regions of interest in left IFG, pMTG and aMTG revealed highly interconnected left-lateralized fronto-temporal networks representing the semantic system. We did not find any significant direct modulation of either task performance or resting-state functional connectivity by effective cTBS. However, after sham cTBS, functional connectivity between IFG and pMTG correlated with task performance under high semantic control demands in the semantic priming paradigm. These findings provide evidence for the functional relevance of interactions between IFG and pMTG for semantic control processes. This interaction was functionally less relevant after cTBS over aIFG which might be interpretable in terms of an indirect disruptive effect of cTBS.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5432178?pdf=render |
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Max Wawrzyniak Felix Hoffstaedter Julian Klingbeil Anika Stockert Katrin Wrede Gesa Hartwigsen Simon B Eickhoff Joseph Classen Dorothee Saur Fronto-temporal interactions are functionally relevant for semantic control in language processing. PLoS ONE |
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Max Wawrzyniak Felix Hoffstaedter Julian Klingbeil Anika Stockert Katrin Wrede Gesa Hartwigsen Simon B Eickhoff Joseph Classen Dorothee Saur |
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Fronto-temporal interactions are functionally relevant for semantic control in language processing. |
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Fronto-temporal interactions are functionally relevant for semantic control in language processing. |
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Fronto-temporal interactions are functionally relevant for semantic control in language processing. |
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Fronto-temporal interactions are functionally relevant for semantic control in language processing. |
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Fronto-temporal interactions are functionally relevant for semantic control in language processing. |
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fronto-temporal interactions are functionally relevant for semantic control in language processing. |
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Semantic cognition, i.e. processing of meaning is based on semantic representations and their controlled retrieval. Semantic control has been shown to be implemented in a network that consists of left inferior frontal (IFG), and anterior and posterior middle temporal gyri (a/pMTG). We aimed to disrupt semantic control processes with continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) over left IFG and pMTG and to study whether behavioral effects are moderated by induced alterations in resting-state functional connectivity. To this end, we applied real cTBS over left IFG and left pMTG as well as sham stimulation on 20 healthy participants in a within-subject design. Stimulation was followed by resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and a semantic priming paradigm. Resting-state functional connectivity of regions of interest in left IFG, pMTG and aMTG revealed highly interconnected left-lateralized fronto-temporal networks representing the semantic system. We did not find any significant direct modulation of either task performance or resting-state functional connectivity by effective cTBS. However, after sham cTBS, functional connectivity between IFG and pMTG correlated with task performance under high semantic control demands in the semantic priming paradigm. These findings provide evidence for the functional relevance of interactions between IFG and pMTG for semantic control processes. This interaction was functionally less relevant after cTBS over aIFG which might be interpretable in terms of an indirect disruptive effect of cTBS. |
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