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The Basal Ganglia and Language: A Tale of Two Loops

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This chapter explores current evidence supporting basal ganglia’s involvement in language processing. We begin with a review of the anatomy of the basal ganglia loops and discuss two prefrontal cortex loops potentially supporting language functions. Specifically, we consider the pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA) loop, Broca’s area loop, as well as white matter connectivity between these cortical areas. Considering current evidence, we propose that the pre-SMA loop may be involved in internally guided selection of lexical items, while Broca’s area–basal ganglia circuitry may support selection of appropriate phonological and articulatory representations of these items. White matter connections between Broca’s area and pre-SMA may enable information transfer between these two prefrontal cortex–basal ganglia loops supporting language functions.

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  1. VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Anastasia Bohsali Ph.D.

  2. Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Anastasia Bohsali Ph.D.

  3. VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Center of Excellence for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, Decatur, GA, USA

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  4. Departments of Neurology and Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

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  5. Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Bruce Crosson Ph.D.

  6. School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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Bohsali, A., Crosson, B. (2016). The Basal Ganglia and Language: A Tale of Two Loops. In: Soghomonian, JJ. (eds) The Basal Ganglia. Innovations in Cognitive Neuroscience. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42743-0_10

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