Background: Previous studies utilized lesion-centric approaches to study the role of the thalamus in language. In this study, we tested the hypotheses that non-lesioned dorsomedial and ventral anterior nuclei (DMVAC) and pulvinar lateral posterior nuclei complexes (PLC) of the thalamus and their projections to the left hemisphere show secondary effects of the strokes, and that their microstructural integrity is closely related to language-related functions.

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左半球卒中后丘脑核和丘脑皮质通路及其与图片命名的关系

背景：以前的研究利用以病变为中心的方法来研究丘脑在语言中的作用。在这项研究中，我们检验了以下假设：丘脑的未损伤的背内侧和腹侧前核 (DMVAC) 和枕外侧后核复合体 (PLC) 及其对左半球的投射显示中风的次要影响，并且它们的微观结构完整性与语言相关的功能密切相关。