Functional imaging of the thalamus in language

Brain and Language

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-72

  Llano, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Brain; Cognitive; Corticothalamic; Intralaminar; Language; Pulvinar; Thalamocortical; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPEECH; THALAMUS;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SPEECH; THALAMUS;

EID: 85027925855     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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