Article
Neural basis of an inherited speech and language disorder.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 13 Oct 1998
Vargha-Khadem F, Watkins K E, Price C J, Ashburner J, Alcock K J, Connelly A, Frackowiak R S, Friston K J, Pembrey M E, Mishkin M, Gadian D G, Passingham R E
Abstract excerpt
Investigation of the three-generation KE family, half of whose members are affected by a pronounced verbal dyspraxia, has led to identification of their core deficit as one involving sequential articulation and orofacial praxis. A positron emission tomography activation study revealed functional...
Topics
- Brain
- Humans
- Language Disorders
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Radiography
- Speech Disorders
- Tomography, Emission-Computed