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SUBMITTER: Cieslak M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4675119 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cieslak Matthew M Ingham Roger J RJ Ingham Janis C JC Grafton Scott T ST
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR 20150401 2
<h4>Aims</h4>Developmental stuttering is now generally considered to arise from genetic determinants interacting with neurologic function. Changes within speech-motor white matter (WM) connections may also be implicated. These connections can now be studied in great detail by high-angular-resolution diffusion magnetic resonance imaging. Therefore, diffusion spectrum imaging was used to reconstruct streamlines to examine white matter connections in people who stutter (PWS) and in people who do no ...[more]