The graphemic/motor frontal area Exner's area revisited

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 537-545

  Roux, Franck Emmanuel ^a,b   Dufor, Olivier ^a   Giussani, Carlo ^a,b   Wamain, Yannick ^a   Draper, Louisa ^b   Longcamp, Marieke ^a   Démonet, Jean François ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TUMOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LANGUAGE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; WRITING;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449370461     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21804     Document Type: Article

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