Plasticity and reorganization during language development in children with early brain injury

Cortex

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-46

  Vicari, Stefano ^a   Albertoni, A ^a   Chilosi, A M ^b   Cipriani, P ^b   Cioni, G ^b   Bates, E ^c  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral plasticity; Focal brain lesions; Language development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0034004584     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70834-7     Document Type: Article

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