Anterior temporal involvement in semantic word retrieval: Voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping evidence from aphasia

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3411-3427

  Schwartz, Myrna F ^a   Kimberg, Daniel Y ^b   Walker, Grant M ^a   Faseyitan, Olufunsho ^b   Brecher, Adelyn ^a   Dell, Gary S ^c   Coslett, H Branch ^a,b  

^a MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Errors; Naming; Semantic; Voxel based lesion symptom mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 72649089753     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp284     Document Type: Article

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