Near-infrared spectroscopy study of language activated hyper- and hypo-oxygenation in human prefrontal cortex

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 657-666

  Liu, K Ruth ^a   Borrett, Donald S ^b   Cheng, Anita ^a   Gasparro, Donna ^a   Kwan, Hon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Language processing; Left prefrontal cortex; Near infrared spectroscopy; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEROXIA; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGENATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; READING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; READING; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 43049138499     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450701242792     Document Type: Article

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