Functional organization of the neural language system: Dorsal and ventral pathways are critical for syntax

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-147

  Griffiths, John D ^a   Marslen Wilson, William D ^a,b   Stamatakis, Emmanuel A ^c   Tyler, Lorraine K ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

connectivity; diffusion tensor imaging; grammar; stroke; tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTACTIC IMPAIRMENT; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84870809204     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr386     Document Type: Article

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