A cortical pathway to olfactory naming: Evidence from primary progressive aphasia

Brain

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1245-1259

  Olofsson, Jonas K ^a,b   Rogalski, Emily ^a   Harrison, Theresa ^a   Mesulam, M Marsel ^a   Gottfried, Jay A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

human brain; inferior frontal gyrus; language; MRI; naming; odour object knowledge; olfaction; primary progressive aphasia; recognition; semantics; temporal pole

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; THALAMUS; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84876025500     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt019     Document Type: Article

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