Functional roles of the thalamus for language for language capacities

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE, 2013, Pages

  Klostermann, Fabian ^a   Krugel, Lea Katharina ^a   Ehlen, Felicitas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Corrtex; Language; Selective engagement; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SUBCORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 84879705552     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2013.00032     Document Type: Review

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