Abstract
OPINION article Front. Syst. Neurosci., 26 August 2013 https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00044
Highlights
Our purpose is to detail the dynamic functional anatomy of this multicomponent ventral route, constituted by direct and indirect pathways and implied in pluri-modal semantic processes—i.e., in verbal and non-verbal comprehension, control and noetic consciousness
In this mind, using both anatomic dissection and tractography, we demonstrated that the ventral stream was underlain by direct and indirect pathways
The ventral stream is subserved by an indirect pathway, constituted by the anterior part of the inferior longitudinal fascicle (ILF; running below the inferior fronto-occipital fascicle (IFOF)), that links the posterior occipito-temporal region (Fusa), and the temporal pole (TP), relayed by the uncinate fasciculus (UF), that connects the TP to the basifrontal areas by running within the anterior third of the temporal stem
Summary
Our purpose is to detail the dynamic functional anatomy of this multicomponent ventral route, constituted by direct and indirect pathways (explaining a possible compensation following brain injury) and implied in pluri-modal semantic processes—i.e., in verbal and non-verbal comprehension, control and noetic consciousness. If one takes account of the sole subcortical region without any considerations regarding the cortical epicenters connected by the white matter tracts, it does not allow the understanding of the whole eloquent network In this mind, using both anatomic dissection and tractography, we demonstrated that the ventral stream was underlain by direct and indirect pathways. The ventral stream is subserved by an indirect pathway, constituted by the anterior part of the inferior longitudinal fascicle (ILF; running below the IFOF), that links the posterior occipito-temporal region (Fusa), and the temporal pole (TP), relayed by the uncinate fasciculus (UF), that connects the TP to the basifrontal areas by running within the anterior third of the temporal stem (in front of the IFOF; Mandonnet et al, 2007). It connects the angular gyrus with the superior temporal gyrus up to the TP and courses under the superior temporal sulcus, lateral and superior to the IFOF (Menjot de Champfleur et al, 2013)
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