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Representation of the speech effectors in the human motor cortex: Somatotopy or overlap?

Abstract

Somatotopy within the orofacial region of the human motor cortex has been a central concept in interpreting the results of neuroimaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation studies of normal and disordered speech. Yet, somatotopy has been challenged by studies showing overlap among the effectors within the homunculus. In order to address this dichotomy, we performed four voxel-based meta-analyses of 54 functional neuroimaging studies of …

Authors

Takai O; Brown S; Liotti M

Journal

Brain and Language, Vol. 113, No. 1, pp. 39–44

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

4 2010

DOI

10.1016/j.bandl.2010.01.008

ISSN

0093-934X