Diffusion tensor imaging depicting damage to the arcuate fasciculus in patients with conduction aphasia: A study of the Wernicke-Geschwind model

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 775-778

  Zhang, Yumei ^a   Wang, Chunxue ^a   Zhao, Xingquan ^a   Chen, Hongyan ^b   Han, Zaizhu ^c   Wang, Yongjun ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

arcuate fasciculus; Conduction aphasia; diffusion tensor imaging; Wernicke Geschwind model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTION APHASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; TRACTOGRAPHY; WERNICKE GESCHWIND MODEL;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; APHASIA, CONDUCTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77955626527     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164109X12478302362653     Document Type: Article

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