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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
We compared neural activation detected by magnetoencephalography (MEG) during tactile presentation of words and non-words in a postlingually deaf-blind subject and six normal volunteers. The left postcentral gyrus, bilateral inferior frontal gyri, left posterior temporal lobe, right anterior temporal lobe, bilateral middle occipital gyri were activated when tactile words were presented to the right hand of the deaf-blind subject. This set of activated regions was not observed in the normal volunteers, although activation of several combinations of these regions was detected. Positron emission tomography confirmed the location of the MEG-activated areas in the deaf-blind subject. Our results demonstrated that the deaf-blind subject is heavily involved in interpreting tactile language by enhancing cortical activation of cognitive and semantic processing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0959-4965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
9
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Blindness, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Cognition, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Deafness, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Functional Laterality, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Imagination, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Language, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Language Tests, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Magnetoencephalography, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Manual Communication, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Neuronal Plasticity, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Semantics, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Tomography, Emission-Computed, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Touch, pubmed-meshheading:15076754-Verbal Behavior
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Cortical processing of tactile language in a postlingually deaf-blind subject.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Osaka University School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. osaki@tracer.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Case Reports