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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2015 Jun 26;123(3):581–593. doi: 10.3171/2015.4.JNS141962

Table 3.

Brain regions showing significant correlations between resection location and

language variables
Language measure Brain region(s) MNI coordinates
Max t Extent
(mm 3)
p
X y z
Pre-surgery (resection only)
Comprehension Anterior inferior temporal gyrus,
fusiform gyrus, parahippocampal
gyrus
−32 −5 −34 5.57 11 328 0.003
Naming Anterior middle temporal gyrus,
inferior temporal gyrus, fusiform
gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus
−38 −5 −34 5.89 25 080 < 0.001
Two-to-three days post-surgery (resection plus infarction)
Fluency Precentral gyrus, inferior frontal
junction
−36 −4 33 4.08 3 192 0.019
Information content Precentral gyrus, posterior inferior
frontal gyrus (pars opercularis)
−51 4 8 4.11 2 576 0.035
Repetition Posterior superior temporal gyrus −52 −41 12 5.17 4 560 0.024
Naming Middle temporal gyrus, inferior
temporal gyrus, fusiform gyrus,
parahippocampal gyrus
−43 −12 −30 6.09 44 456 < 0.001
One month post-surgery (resection plus infarction)
Fluency Precentral gyrus −52 6 16 4.89 3 048 0.025
Comprehension Temporal isthmus −40 −12 −8 6.65 2 648 0.023

Naming Middle temporal gyrus, inferior
temporal gyrus, fusiform gyrus,
parahippocampal gyrus
−40 −4 −32 7.93 34 088 < 0.001