The frontal aslant tract (FAT) and its role in speech, language and executive function

AS Dick, D Garic, P Graziano, P Tremblay - Cortex, 2019 - Elsevier
In this review, we examine the structural connectivity of a recently-identified fiber pathway,
the frontal aslant tract (FAT), and explore its function. We first review structural connectivity …

The frontal aslant tract: a systematic review for neurosurgical applications

E La Corte, D Eldahaby, E Greco, D Aquino… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The frontal aslant tract (FAT) is a recently identified white matter tract connecting the
supplementary motor complex and lateral superior frontal gyrus to the inferior frontal gyrus …

A unified model of post-stroke language deficits including discourse production and their neural correlates

RSW Alyahya, AD Halai, P Conroy, MA Lambon Ralph - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The clinical profiles of individuals with post-stroke aphasia demonstrate considerable
variation in the presentation of symptoms. Recent aphasiological studies have attempted to …

Frontoparietal network in executive functioning in autism spectrum disorder

KE May, RK Kana - Autism Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Higher cognitive functions in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are characterized by
impairments in executive functions (EF). While some research attributes this to an …

[HTML][HTML] Is there any incremental benefit to conducting neuroimaging and neurocognitive assessments in the diagnosis of ADHD in young children? A machine …

I Öztekin, MA Finlayson, PA Graziano… - Developmental cognitive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Given the negative trajectories of early behavior problems associated with ADHD, early
diagnosis is considered critical to enable intervention and treatment. To this end, the current …

Frontal aslant tract in the non-dominant hemisphere: A systematic review of anatomy, functions, and surgical applications

C Gallet, A Clavreul, F Bernard, P Menei… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Knowledge of both the spatial organization and functions of white-matter fiber tracts is
steadily increasing. We report here the anatomy and functions of the frontal aslant tract (FAT) …

[HTML][HTML] Registration-free analysis of diffusion MRI tractography data across subjects through the human lifespan

V Siless, JY Davidow, J Nielsen, Q Fan, T Hedden… - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI tractography produces massive sets of streamlines that need to be clustered
into anatomically meaningful white-matter bundles. Conventional clustering techniques …

Functional anatomy of the frontal aslant tract and surgical perspectives.

E Burkhardt, M Kinoshita, G Herbet - Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences, 2021 - hal.science
The frontal aslant tract (FAT) is an intralobar white matter fasciculus providing dense
connections between the medial part of the superior frontal gyrus, in particular the pre …

Functional MRI but not white matter fibre dissection identifies language dominance

A Al Busaidi, E Gangemi, S Wastling, AS Berg… - European …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives Lateralisation of some language pathways has been reported in the literature
using diffusion tractography, which is more feasible than functional magnetic resonance …

Bilingualism, executive function, and the brain: Implications for autism

C Romero, LQ Uddin - Neurobiology of Language, 2021 - direct.mit.edu
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with marked heterogeneity with respect to the
development of executive function abilities. The bilingual advantage refers to the …