Altered patterns of cerebral activity during speech and language production in developmental stuttering. An H215O positron emission tomography study

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 761-784

  Braun, A R ^a,b   Varga, M ^a   Stager, S ^a   Schulz, G ^b   Selbie, S ^b   Maisog, J M ^c   Carson, R E ^d   Ludlow, C L ^b  

^a Language Section   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Dysfluency; Frontal; Lateralization; Paralimbic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPEECH; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031008313     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.5.761     Document Type: Article

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