Brain Morphology and Function Report

Name	Planum temporale
Brain Morphology	The planum temporale is an area of the human brain. It is the cortical area just posterior to the auditory cortex (Heschl's gyrus) within the Sylvian fissure. It is a triangular region which forms the heart of Wernicke's area, one of the most important functional areas for language.
Brain Function	The planum temporale is a highly lateralized brain structure involved with language and with music. Although the planum temporale is found to have an asymmetry in the normal population, having a leftward bias in right-handed individuals, people who possess absolute pitch have an increased leftward asymmetry of the planum temporale. This is due to a smaller than average volume of the right planum temporale and not a larger than average volume of the left. The planum temporale may also play an important role in auditory processing with recent research suggesting that the region is responsible for representing the location of sounds in space.
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No. of Studies (Positive/Negative)	1(1/0)

Name in Literature	Reference	Research Type	Statistical Result	Relation Description
planum temporale (PT)	Takahashi, 2010	patients and normal controls		Both current and remitted MDD patients showed a significant ...... Both current and remitted MDD patients showed a significant volume reduction of the left PT and bilateral caudal STG as compared with healthy controls. The right PT volume was negatively correlated with total score on the Beck Depression Inventory in the MDD patients as a whole. More...

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