Role of cerebellum in fine speech control in childhood: Persistent dysarthria after surgical treatment for posterior fossa tumour

Brain and Language

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-76

  Morgan, A T ^a,b,c,d   Liegeois F ^a,b   Liederkerke, C ^a   Vogel, A P ^d   Hayward, R ^e   Harkness, W ^e   Chong, K ^e   Vargha Khadem, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Tadworth Court   (United Kingdom)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cerebellar tumour; Dysarthria; Infratentorial tumour; Paediatric; Plasticity; Speech

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUTISM; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHONEME; PITCH; PLASTICITY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RATE; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; DYSARTHRIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954419658     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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