Table 2.
Functional activation within periventricular heterotopic nodules during performance of reading-related tasks
Phonological task contrasts | Orthographic task contrasts | Rapid naming task contrasts | ||||||
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Participant | Age (yr)/handed/sex | Picture rhyme vs. match | Print rhyme vs. match | Word match vs. lines match | Word match vs. symbols match | Letters vs. rest | Numbers vs. rest | Two-set vs. rest |
1 | 32/R/F | None | None | L anterior nodule, with overlying cortex (Fig. 2A) | None | None | None | R anterior nodule, with overlying and mult B cortical regions* (Fig. 3C) |
2 | 42/R/M | L posterior nodule, with mult B cortical regions* (Fig. 1A) | None | None | None | L posterior nodule, with overlying and mult B cortical regions* | R anterior nodule, with overlying cortex* | None |
3 | 27/R/F | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
4 | 27/R/F | R anterior nodule, with overlying and contra posterior cortex (Fig. 1B) | None | None | None | R anterior nodule, with overlying and contra homologous cortex* (Fig. 3A) | R anterior nodule, with overlying and contra homologous cortex* | R anterior nodule, with contra homologous cortex* |
5 | 29/R/F | None | None | None | R anterior nodule, with mult B cortical regions* (Fig. 2B) | None | None | None |
6 | 21/R/M | None | None | None | None | None | L anterior nodule, with overlying and contra homologous cortex (Fig. 3B) | L anterior nodule, with overlying and contra homologous cortex |
7 | 40/R/F | None | None | None | None | None | L and R posterior nodules, with mult B cortical regions* | L posterior nodule, with mult B cortical regions* |
8 | 19/R/F | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Abbreviations: yr = years; L = left; R = right; F = female; M = male; B = bilateral; mult = multiple; contra = contralateral
Cortical regions included those with demonstrated resting-state functional connectivity to indicated region of heterotopia as well [13].