A positron emission tomography study of short- and long-term treatment effects on functional brain activation in adults who stutter

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-380

  De Nil, Luc F ^a,b   Kroll, Robert M ^a,c   Lafaille, Sophie J ^a,b   Houle, Sylvain ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c Speech Foundation of Ontario   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional neuroimaging; Stuttering; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; READING; STUTTERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344497440     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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