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Capitalizing on deep brain stimulation: thalamus as a language monitor
1Department of Neuropsychology, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
Neuron
|September 13, 2008
Abstract:
In this issue of Neuron, Wahl et al. demonstrate via invasive recordings from Deep Brain Stimulation leads that the thalamus (but not basal ganglia) is sensitive to certain linguistic violations, consistent with a subcortical role in selective recruitment of language-related cortical areas.

