AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 246, Issue 6 901-R903, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society
Common cortical and thalamic mechanisms for language and motor functions
G. A. Ojemann
Evidence for common mechanisms in the human brain for motor and language
functions is reviewed, particularly evidence derived from
electrical-stimulation mapping during cortical and thalamic operations in
awake patients. Several systems in the dominant hemisphere are identified
where language and motor function share common mechanisms, including a
lateral thalamic attentional system and a lateral perisylvian cortical
system common to sequential movement and speech sound identification, where
precise timing may be a common mechanism.
