Verbal fluency activates the left medial temporal lobe: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 470-476

  Pihlajamäki, Maija ^a   Tanila, Heikki ^a   Hänninen, Tuomo ^b   Könönen, Mervi ^b   Laakso, Mikko ^a   Partanen, Kaarina ^b   Soininen, Hilkka ^b   Aronen, Hannu J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; SPEECH; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0034113982     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200004)47:4<470::AID-ANA10>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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