Acquired focal brain lesions in childhood: Effects on development and reorganization of language

Brain and Language

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-225

  Chilosi, A M ^a   Cipriani, P ^a,b   Pecini, C ^a   Brizzolara, D ^a,b   Biagi, L ^a   Montanaro, D ^c   Tosetti, M ^a   Cioni, G ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquired childhood aphasia; fMRI; Language reorganization; Monozygotic twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE REORGANIZATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT;

APHASIA; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SPEECH;

EID: 50249091539     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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