Neuropsychological evidence for the functional role of the uncinate fasciculus in semantic control

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 789-801

  Harvey, Denise Y ^a   Wei, Tao ^a   Ellmore, Timothy M ^b   Hamilton, A Cris ^a   Schnur, Tatiana T ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Diffusion tensor imaging; Resting state functional connectivity; Semantic control; Spoken word comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA, BROCA; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PERFORANT PATHWAY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REST; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; STROKE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84875048398     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.01.028     Document Type: Article

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