Speech and language disorders associated with subcortical pathology
By: Bruce E. Murdoch, Brooke-Mai Whelan.
Contributors: Whelan, Brooke-Mai.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780470025734
Subjects: Language disorders -- Pathophysiology; Brain -- Pathophysiology; Language Disorders -- etiology; Speech Disorders -- etiology; Brain Diseases -- complications; Cerebellum -- physiopathology; Cerebrum -- physiopathology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Subcortical involvement in speech and language : an introduction and historical perspective; title: Neuroanatomy and functional neurology of the subcortical region; title: Models of subcortical participation in language; title: Language disorders associated with striatocapsular and thalamic lesions; title: Pallidal and thalamic involvement in language : evidence from stereotactic surgical studies; title: Role of the subthalamic nucleus in language; title: Influence of the cerebellum on language function; title: Degenerative subcortical syndromes : aetiology, clinical features, medical treatment, and associated language disorders; title: Assessment and treatment of subcortical language disorders; title: Role of the subcortical structures in speech motor control; title: Dysarthria associated with subcortical pathologies; title: Subcortical dysarthrias : assessment and treatment.