The cerebellum and language: Historical perspective and review

Cortex

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 858-868

  Murdoch, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebellar language disorders; Cerebellum

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77952880728     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.07.018     Document Type: Review

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