2003
Developmental 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 mapsChildrenAdults
2002
Neuroimaging Reveals Automatic Speech Coding during Perception of Written Word Meaning
Xu B, Grafman J, Gaillard WD, Spanaki M, Ishii K, Balsamo L, Makale M, Theodore WH. Neuroimaging Reveals Automatic Speech Coding during Perception of Written Word Meaning. NeuroImage 2002, 17: 859-870. PMID: 12377160, DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2002.1215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSemantic processingWord meaningsVisual word perceptionMultiple cognitive tasksMechanisms of readingButton-press responseFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniquesBehavioral response measuresSignificant bilateral activationPhonological recodingPhonological tasksWord perceptionWord readingLetter stringsCognitive tasksSemantic tasksNeural basisNeuroimaging sessionSpeech soundsBaseline taskPhonological processesNeural responsesVisual stimuliActive processingSpeech codeThe utility of functional magnetic resonance imaging in epilepsy and language
Balsamo LM, Gaillard WD. The utility of functional magnetic resonance imaging in epilepsy and language. Current Neurology And Neuroscience Reports 2002, 2: 142-149. PMID: 11898481, DOI: 10.1007/s11910-002-0023-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingUtility of fMRIPediatric epilepsy populationPediatric epilepsy patientsCurrent imaging researchHemispheric language dominanceMagnetic resonance imagingFunctional magnetic resonanceBrain insultsAmobarbital testEpilepsy populationAdult studiesEpilepsy patientsLanguage cortexDominant hemispherePresurgical toolElectrocortical stimulationResonance imagingNeural plasticityNormal childrenMagnetic resonanceChildrenLanguage dominanceImaging researchPatients