Left inferior frontal cortex and syntax: Function, structure and behaviour in patients with left hemisphere damage

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 415-431

  Tyler, Lorraine K ^a   Marslen Wilson, William D ^b   Randall, Billi ^a   Wright, Paul ^a   Devereux, Barry J ^a   Zhuang, Jie ^a   Papoutsi, Marina ^a   Stamatakis, Emmanuel A ^a,c  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aphasia; Broca's area; language networks; stroke; syntax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRODMANN AREA 45; BRODMANN AREA 47; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT INFERIOR FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTACTIC PROCESSING; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 79551717774     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq369     Document Type: Article

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