Naming and the role of the uncinate fasciculus in language function

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 553-559

  Papagno, Costanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DTI (diffusion tensor imaging); Famous face; Language function; Naming; Uncinate fasciculus

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACIES; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; KLUVER-BUCY SYNDROME; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 81155133878     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-011-0219-6     Document Type: Review

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