The role of the arcuate fasciculus in conduction aphasia

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2309-2316

  Bernal, Byron ^a   Ardila, Alfredo ^b  

^a Miami Childrens Hospital   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate fasciculus; Conduction aphasia; Language repetition; Tractography; Vocal imitation

Indexed keywords

ARCUATE FASCICULUS; CONDUCTION APHASIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 71549146339     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp206     Document Type: Review

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