Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 247, Issue 2 , Pages 165-168 , 25 September 2006

Functional connectivity between cortical hand motor and language areas during recovery from aphasia

  • I.G. Meister

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30,52074 Aachen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 241 8089630; fax: +49 241 8082444.
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  • R. Sparing

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30,52074 Aachen, Germany
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  • H. Foltys

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30,52074 Aachen, Germany
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  • D. Gebert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30,52074 Aachen, Germany
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  • W. Huber

      Affiliations

    • Section of Neurolinguistics, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
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  • R. Töpper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30,52074 Aachen, Germany
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  • B. Boroojerdi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30,52074 Aachen, Germany

Received 1 July 2005 ,Revised 3 February 2006 ,Accepted 10 April 2006.

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PII: S0022-510X(06)00167-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.04.003

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 247, Issue 2 , Pages 165-168 , 25 September 2006

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