A role for the dominant thalamus in language? A linguistic comparison of two cases subsequent to unilateral thalamotomy procedures in the dominant and non-dominant hemispheres

Aphasiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1213-1226

  Whelan, Brooke Mai ^a   Murdoch, Bruce E ^a   Theodoros, Deborah G ^a   Silburn, Peter ^b   Hall, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Mater Private Hospital Brisbane   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 0036897888     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030244000446     Document Type: Article

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