Seeking a bridge between language and motor cortices: A PPI study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Maieron, Marta ^a   Marin, Dario ^b   Fabbro, Franco ^b,c   Skrap, Miran ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Healthy controls; Language network; PPI; Sensorimotor cortex; Tumor patiens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CALCARINE SULCUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR OCCIPITAL CORTEX; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL GYRUS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL INTERACTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL INFERIOR CORTEX;

EID: 84933674195     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00249     Document Type: Article

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