fMRI Brain Activation in a Finnish Family with Specific Language Impairment Compared with a Normal Control Group

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 162-172

  Hugdahl, Kenneth ^a   Gundersen, Hilde ^a   Brekke, Cecilie ^a   Thomsen, Tormod ^a   Rimol, Lars Morten ^a   Ersland, Lars ^b   Niemi, Jussi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Familial trait; fMRI; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; SLI; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONEME; PHONETICS; SPEECH; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 1542513447     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/014)     Document Type: Article

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