Speech and language functions that require a functioning Broca's area

Brain and Language

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-58

  Davis, Cameron ^a   Kleinman, Jonathan T ^a   Newhart, Melissa ^a   Gingis, Leila ^a   Pawlak, Mikolaj ^c   Hillis, Argye E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Aphasia; Broca's area; Magnetic resonance perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPELLING; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; APHASIA, BROCA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN MAPPING; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMODILUTION; HEPARIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MUTISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 40849130016     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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