Atypical brain torque in boys with developmental stuttering.
Dev Neuropsychol
; 37(5): 434-52, 2012.
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ABSTRACT
The counterclockwise brain torque, defined as a larger right prefrontal and left parietal-occipital lobe, is a consistent brain asymmetry. Reduced or reversed lobar asymmetries are markers of atypical cerebral laterality and have been found in adults who stutter. It was hypothesized that atypical brain torque would be more common in children who stutter. Magnetic resonance imaging-based morphology measures were completed in boys who stutter (n = 14) and controls (n = 14), ages 8-13. The controls had the expected brain torque configurations whereas the boys who stutter were atypical. These results support the hypothesis that developmental stuttering is associated with atypical prefrontal and parietal-occipital lobe asymmetries.
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Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Dev Neuropsychol
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NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2012
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Article
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Estados Unidos