Broca's area: Rethinking classical concepts from a neuroscience perspective

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 401-410

  Burns, Martha ^a   Fahy, Jill ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aphasia; Broca; executive function; motor cortex; neuroplasticity; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHONETICS;

ANIMALS; APHASIA, BROCA; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 78751488591     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1706-401     Document Type: Article

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