TY - JOUR
T1 - Language networks in children
T2 - Evidence from functional MRI studies
AU - Vannest, Jennifer
AU - Karunanayaka, Prasanna R.
AU - Schmithorst, Vincent J.
AU - Szaflarski, Jerzy P.
AU - Holland, Scott K.
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to review functional MRI and other neuroimaging studies of language skills in children from infancy to adulthood. CONCLUSION. Functional MRI (fMRI) and other neuroimaging studies show developmental changes in the networks of brain regions supporting language, which can be affected by brain injuries or neurologic disorders. Particular aspects of language rely on networks that lateralize to the dominant hemisphere; others rely on bilateral or nondominant mechanisms. Multiple fMRI tasks for pediatric patients characterize functional brain reorganization that may accompany language deficits.
AB - OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to review functional MRI and other neuroimaging studies of language skills in children from infancy to adulthood. CONCLUSION. Functional MRI (fMRI) and other neuroimaging studies show developmental changes in the networks of brain regions supporting language, which can be affected by brain injuries or neurologic disorders. Particular aspects of language rely on networks that lateralize to the dominant hemisphere; others rely on bilateral or nondominant mechanisms. Multiple fMRI tasks for pediatric patients characterize functional brain reorganization that may accompany language deficits.
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U2 - 10.2214/AJR.08.2246
DO - 10.2214/AJR.08.2246
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19380541
AN - SCOPUS:65649126046
SN - 0361-803X
VL - 192
SP - 1190
EP - 1196
JO - American Journal of Roentgenology
JF - American Journal of Roentgenology
IS - 5
ER -