2003
Auditory comprehension of language in young children
Ahmad Z, Balsamo L, Sachs B, Xu B, Gaillard W. Auditory comprehension of language in young children. Neurology 2003, 60: 1598-1605. PMID: 12771248, DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000059865.32155.86.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAuditory comprehensionTemporal gyrusYoung childrenLeft middle temporal gyrusAuditory language processingSuperior temporal sulcusRight-handed childrenMiddle temporal gyrusSuperior temporal gyrusLanguage fMRI studyTemporal sulcusLateralized activationFMRI studyAngular gyrusLanguage organizationIndividual subject dataLanguage processingTemporal regionsBrain regionsControl conditionFrontal lobeAge 5GyrusSignificant activationFMRIDevelopmental aspects of language processing: fMRI of verbal fluency in children and adults
Gaillard WD, Sachs BC, Whitnah JR, Ahmad Z, Balsamo LM, Petrella JR, Braniecki SH, McKinney CM, Hunter K, Xu B, Grandin CB. Developmental aspects of language processing: fMRI of verbal fluency in children and adults. Human Brain Mapping 2003, 18: 176-185. PMID: 12599275, PMCID: PMC6871939, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.10091.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaterality of activationSemantic verbal fluencyVerbal fluencyFluency taskFrontal gyrusSemantic verbal fluency taskInferior frontal gyrusSemantic fluency taskVerbal fluency taskMiddle frontal gyrusTask testingDevelopmental differencesLanguage processingFluencyBrain areasDevelopmental aspectsAge 7 yearsFMRIInterest approachBOLD fMRISPM 99GyrusActivation mapsChildrenAdultsfMRI identifies regional specialization of neural networks for reading in young children
Gaillard WD, Balsamo LM, Ibrahim Z, Sachs BC, Xu B. fMRI identifies regional specialization of neural networks for reading in young children. Neurology 2003, 60: 94-100. PMID: 12525725, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.60.1.94.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiddle frontal gyrusFrontal gyrusTemporal-occipital junctionMiddle temporal gyrusYoung childrenSupplementary motor areaFusiform gyrusLanguage networkTemporal gyrusOccipital junctionLanguage lateralizationNative EnglishEarly readersWernicke's areaNeural networkMotor areaBrain regionsCognitive networksAge 6Prominent activationGyrusFMRIChildren 7Interest approachBOLD technique
2002
Language dominance in partial epilepsy patients identified with an fMRI reading task
Gaillard WD, Balsamo L, Xu B, Grandin CB, Braniecki SH, Papero PH, Weinstein S, Conry J, Pearl PL, Sachs B, Sato S, Jabbari B, Vezina LG, Frattali C, Theodore WH. Language dominance in partial epilepsy patients identified with an fMRI reading task. Neurology 2002, 59: 256-265. PMID: 12136067, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.59.2.256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracarotid amobarbital testROI analysisRegional asymmetry indexTemporal lobe epilepsyPartial epilepsy patientsAsymmetry indexLanguage areasTemporal language areaQuantitative ROI analysisFrontal language areasMost patientsLanguage dominanceLobe epilepsyPartial epilepsyAmobarbital testEpilepsy patientsPatientsLanguage lateralizationTemporal areaQuantitative regionInterest analysisInterrater agreementEpilepsyVisual controlFMRI
2001
Cortical localization of reading in normal children
Gaillard WD, Pugliese M, Grandin CB, Braniecki SH, Kondapaneni P, Hunter K, Xu B, Petrella JR, Balsamo L, Basso G. Cortical localization of reading in normal children. Neurology 2001, 57: 47-54. PMID: 11445627, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.57.1.47.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior frontal gyrusFrontal gyrusTemporal gyrusLeft inferior frontal gyrusLeft middle temporal gyrusBrain regionsLanguage processing areasBlood oxygen level-dependent fMRIMiddle temporal gyrusDorsolateral prefrontal cortexSuperior temporal gyrusMiddle frontal gyrusLeft-sided lateralizationLevel-dependent fMRINaming TaskLanguage dominanceRegion activationText paradigmPrefrontal cortexCognitive functionNative EnglishMidfrontal gyrusTemporal cortexLate childhoodFMRI