BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 1, Issue 4 , Pages 383-385 , October 2008

Broca's area is crucial for visual discrimination of speech but not nonspeech oral movements

  • Christopher Rorden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Dr. Christopher Rorden, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
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  • Ben Davis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
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  • Mark S. George, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Jeffrey Borckardt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Julius Fridriksson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Received 20 May 2008 ,Revised 19 August 2008 ,Accepted 21 August 2008.

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 Funding for project provided by the National Institutes of Health (R01 NS054266 & R01 DC008255).

PII: S1935-861X(08)00332-X

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.08.002

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 1, Issue 4 , Pages 383-385 , October 2008

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