An examination of regional cerebral blood flow during object naming tasks

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 160-166

  Zelkowicz, Benjamin J ^a   Herbster, Amy N ^a   Nebes, Robert D ^a   Mintun, Mark A ^a   Becker, James T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Neuropsychological Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusiform gyrus; Object naming; Positron emission tomography; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 15;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031969556     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561779800160X     Document Type: Article

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