Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 313, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , 15 February 2012

Functional neuroanatomy of vocalization in patients with Parkinson's disease

  • I. Rektorova

      Affiliations

    • Applied Neurosciences Research Group, Central European Institute of Technology, CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
    • First Department of Neurology, Medical School of Masaryk University, St Anne's Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: First Department of Neurology, Masaryk University and St. Anne's Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic. Tel.: +420 54318 2639; fax: +420 54318 2624.
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  • M. Mikl

      Affiliations

    • Applied Neurosciences Research Group, Central European Institute of Technology, CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
    • First Department of Neurology, Medical School of Masaryk University, St Anne's Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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  • J. Barrett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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  • R. Marecek

      Affiliations

    • Applied Neurosciences Research Group, Central European Institute of Technology, CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
    • First Department of Neurology, Medical School of Masaryk University, St Anne's Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
  • ,
  • I. Rektor

      Affiliations

    • Applied Neurosciences Research Group, Central European Institute of Technology, CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
    • First Department of Neurology, Medical School of Masaryk University, St Anne's Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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  • T. Paus

      Affiliations

    • Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 29 March 2011 ,Revised 14 June 2011 ,Accepted 17 October 2011.

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 Originally submitted to the special issue "Proceedings of the 7th Congress of Mental and other Non-Motor Dysfunctions in Parkinson's Disease".

PII: S0022-510X(11)00637-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.10.020

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 313, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , 15 February 2012