Journal article

Proton chemical shift imaging of the brain in pediatric and adult developmental stuttering

J O'Neill, Z Dong, R Bansal, I Ivanov, X Hao, J Desai, E Pozzi, BS Peterson

JAMA Psychiatry | AMER MEDICAL ASSOC | Published : 2017

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Developmental stuttering is a neuropsychiatric condition of incompletely understood brain origin. Our recent functional magnetic resonance imaging study indicates a possible partial basis of stuttering in circuits enacting self-regulation of motor activity, attention, and emotion. OBJECTIVE: To further characterize the neurophysiology of stuttering through in vivo assay of neurometabolites in suspect brain regions. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Proton chemical shift imaging of the brain was performed in a case-control study of children and adults with and without stuttering. Recruitment, assessment, and magnetic resonance imaging were performed in an academic research settin..

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