Functional Imaging of Broca’s Area in Native Persian Speakers: An fMRI Study

Iranian Journal of Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-220

  Mahdavi, Ali ^a   Saberi, H ^b   Rezvanizadeh, A R ^c   Lavasani, A ^c   Nilipour, R ^d   Oghabian, M A ^e   Ghanaati, H ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Kermanshah University Medical of Sciences   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Broca's Epicenter; fMRI; Laterality Index; Reverse Word Reading; Word Production

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BROCA AREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; READING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79960573548     PISSN: 17351065     EISSN: 20082711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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