Probabilistic fiber tracking of the language and motor white matter pathways of the supplementary motor area (SMA) in patients with brain tumors Journal Article
| Authors: | Jenabi, M.; Peck, K. K. ; Young, R. J.; Brennan, N.; Holodny, A. I. |
| Article Title: | Probabilistic fiber tracking of the language and motor white matter pathways of the supplementary motor area (SMA) in patients with brain tumors |
| Abstract: | Background and purpose: Accurate localization of anatomically and functionally separate SMA tracts is important to improve planning prior to neurosurgery. Using fMRI and probabilistic DTI techniques, we assessed the connectivity between the frontal language area (Broca's area) and the rostral pre-SMA (language SMA) and caudal SMA proper (motor SMA). Materials and methods: Twenty brain tumor patients completed motor and language fMRI paradigms and DTI. Peaks of functional activity in the language SMA, motor SMA and Broca's area were used to define seed regions for probabilistic tractography. Results: fMRI and probabilistic tractography identified separate and unique pathways connecting the SMA to Broca's area - the language SMA pathway and the motor SMA pathway. For all subjects, the language SMA pathway had a larger number of voxels (P<. 0.0001) and higher connectivity (P<. 0.0001) to Broca's area than did the motor SMA pathway. In each patient, the number of voxels was greater in the language and motor SMA pathways than in background pathways (P<. 0.0001). No differences were found between patients with ipsilateral and those with contralateral tumors for either the language SMA pathway (degree of connectivity: P<. 0.36; number of voxels: 0.35) or the motor SMA pathway (degree of connectivity, P<. 0.28; number of voxels, P<. 0.74). Conclusion: Probabilistic tractography can identify unique white matter tracts that connect language SMA and motor SMA to Broca's area. The language SMA is more significantly connected to Broca's area than is the motor subdivision of the SMA proper. |
| Keywords: | adult; clinical article; controlled study; aged; brain tumor; probability; quantitative analysis; nerve fiber; fmri; language; functional magnetic resonance imaging; speech disorder; brain function; white matter; electrostimulation; supplementary motor area; sma; diffusion tensor imaging; bold signal; tractography; diagonal band of broca; phoneme; functional neuroimaging; fluency disorder; human; male; female; article; dti; probabilistic fiber tracking; language supplementary motor area; motor supplementary motor area |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Neuroradiology |
| Volume: | 41 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| ISSN: | 0150-9861 |
| Publisher: | Masson Editeur |
| Date Published: | 2014-12-01 |
| Start Page: | 342 |
| End Page: | 349 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.neurad.2013.12.001 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 24380641 |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 2 March 2015 -- Source: Scopus |
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