VA RR&D Center of Excellence (151R), Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA.
Brain Lang. 2013 Jul;126(1):73-88. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.06.011. Epub 2012 Jul 23.
Recent literature on thalamic aphasia and thalamic activity during neuroimaging is selectively reviewed followed by a consideration of recent anatomic and physiological findings regarding thalamic structure and functions. It is concluded that four related corticothalamic and/or thalamocortical mechanisms impact language processing: (1) selective engagement of task-relevant cortical areas in a heightened state of responsiveness in part through the nucleus reticularis (NR), (2) passing information from one cortical area to another through corticothalamo-cortical mechanisms, (3) sharpening the focus on task-relevant information through corticothalamo-cortical feedback mechanisms, and (4) selection of one language unit over another in the expression of a concept, accomplished in concert with basal ganglia loops. The relationship and interaction of these mechanisms is discussed and integrated with thalamic aphasia and neuroimaging data into a theory of thalamic functions in language.
本文选择性地回顾了近期关于丘脑性失语症和神经影像学期间的丘脑活动的文献,接着考虑了关于丘脑结构和功能的近期解剖学和生理学发现。结论认为,有四个相关的皮质丘脑和/或丘脑皮质机制影响语言处理:(1)通过网状核(NR)部分选择性地参与处于高度反应状态的任务相关皮质区域;(2)通过皮质丘脑皮质机制将信息从一个皮质区域传递到另一个皮质区域;(3)通过皮质丘脑皮质反馈机制使任务相关信息更加集中;(4)在表达概念时选择一个语言单位而不是另一个语言单位,与基底神经节回路协同完成。讨论了这些机制的关系和相互作用,并将其与丘脑性失语症和神经影像学数据整合到语言的丘脑功能理论中。