Enlarged Area of Mesencephalic Iron Deposits in Adults Who Stutter

Enlarged Area of Mesencephalic Iron Deposits in Adults Who Stutter

PurposeChildhood onset speech fluency disorder (stuttering) is possibly related to dopaminergic dysfunction. Mesencephalic hyperechogenicity (ME) detected by transcranial ultrasound (TCS) might be seen as an indirect marker of dopaminergic dysfunction. We here determined whether adults who stutter s...

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Main Authors: Jan Liman, Alexander Wolff von Gudenberg, Mathias Baehr, Walter Paulus, Nicole E. Neef, Martin Sommer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
stuttering
mesencephalic iron
transcranial ultrasound
dopamine
finger tapping
walking
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.639269/full

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