The Influence of Handedness on Hemispheric Interaction During Word Production: Insights from Effective Connectivity Analysis

Brain Connectivity

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-231

  Abel, Stefanie ^a,b,c,d   Huber, Walter ^b,d   Weiller, Cornelius ^c   Amunts, Katrin ^a,d,e   Eickhoff, Simon B ^a,d,e   Heim, Stefan ^a,b,d,e  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Julich Aachen Research Alliance JARA   (Germany)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

asymmetry; effective connectivity; fMRI; functional connectivity (dynamic causal modeling); handedness; language; laterality; naming; picture; right hemisphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961746977     PISSN: 21580014     EISSN: 21580022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/brain.2011.0024     Document Type: Article

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