Table 2.
Frontal stimulus sites (location of electrode pair) | CCEPAL→PL response | Consistency with fMRI (language cortex) | Consistency with diffusion tractography (the AF tract) | ||||||||
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IFGtr | IFGop | MFG | STG | MTG | ITG | AG/SMG | AL | PL | AL | PL | |
Patient 1 | + | + | + | ++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Patient 2 | + | + | + | ++ | + | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Patient 3 | + | + | ++ | + | + | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Patient 4 | + | ++ | + | Yes | n.a. | Yes | Yes | ||||
Patient 5 | + | ++ | + | Yes | n.a. | Yes | No | ||||
Patient 6 | + | + | + | + | ++ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
IFGtr = inferior frontal gyrus pars triangularis; IFGop = inferior frontal gyrus pars opecularis; MFG = middle frontal gyrus; STG = superior temporal gyrus; MTG = middle temporal gyrus; ITG = inferior temporal gyrus; AG = angular gyrus; SMG = supramarginal gyrus; AF = arcuate fasciculus; AL = anterior language area; PL = posterior language area; n.a. = not available (no fMRI activation); ++ the largest CCEP response