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Aneta Kielar1,2, Priyanka P Shah-Basak3, Dianne K Patterson1,2
1Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Abstract:
Language induced and spontaneous oscillatory activity was measured using MEG in a patient with the semantic variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia (svPPA) and 15 healthy controls.The patient showed oscillatory slowing in the left anterior temporal lobe (ATL) that extended into non-atrophied brain tissue in left and right frontal areas. The white matter connections were reduced to the left and right ATL and left frontal regions, exhibiting electrophysiological abnormalities. Altered diffusion metrics in all four language tracts, indicted compromised white matter integrity. Task-related and spontaneous oscillatory abnormalities can indicate early neurodegeneration in svPPA, providing promising targets for intervention.
