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> Simultaneously, the UCI team, together with researchers at the University of Iowa and USC will study the language abilities of approximately 50 people who have suffered a stroke affecting some region of the brain. This information will allow the scientists to correlate different types of language deficits with damage to different brain regions. The data from stroke patients will then be compared with the results of the fMRI scans. Hickok's previous work on this project was restricted to functional imaging studies of healthy individuals.

"Comparison of functional imaging data from healthy brains with information from patients who have lesions is crucial," Hickok said. "Imaging can tell us what areas of the brain are active as the brain circuits process language, but it does not tell us precisely what those areas are responsible for. A brain area can be active but not be critically involved in speech or language. By studying stroke patients, we can determine which brain areas are important for a particular language function."

The study is one of 600 supported or conducted by NIDCD. Established in 1988, the institute is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language.

Hickok also has been named director of the newly created Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, which will be housed in UCI's School of Social Sciences.

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Contact: Farnaz Khadem
fkhadem@uci.edu
949-824-5484
University of California - Irvine
20-Dec-2005

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