Evidence for a basal temporal visual language center: Cortical stimulation producing pure alexia

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 1621-1627

  Mani, J ^a   Diehl, B ^a   Piao, Z ^a   Schuele, S S ^a   Lapresto, E ^a   Liu, P ^a   Nair, D R ^a   Dinner, D S ^a   Luders H O ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; READING; SPEECH; TEMPORAL LOBE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DYSLEXIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; SPEECH; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 58149390268     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000334755.32850.f0     Document Type: Article

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