Domain-specific reorganization of semantic processing after extensive damage to the left temporal lobe

NeuroImage

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 572-586

  Léonard, Bénédicte ^a,b   de Partz, Marie Pierre ^a,c   Grandin, Cécile ^c   Pillon, Agnesa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Category specificity; Cortical reorganization; fMRI; Knowledge domain; Recovery; Semantic impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ENCEPHALITIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 60149107545     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.11.017     Document Type: Article

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