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The mysterious cause of stuttering in the brain


Stuttering: an update for physicians - CMAJ

Stuttering is a disturbance in the normal fluency and time patterning of speech. Developmental stuttering (DS), with or without associated ...

Researchers Show That a Hyperactive Network Causes Stuttering

Researchers reveal that a hyperactive network in the right frontal part of the brain inhibits speech movement planning and execution, ...

Unraveling the biology of a mysterious condition: stuttering | AP News

Past research has also linked stuttering to the basal ganglia, brain structures involved in the coordination of movement. “We know stuttering ...

Knowns and unknowns about the neurobiology of stuttering - PLOS

These promising discoveries gave reason for more recent neuro- imaging studies to explore a link between risk genes and brain structures [29,31– ...

Stuttering in Children | University Hospitals

It happens when there are signal problems between the brain and nerves and muscles involved in speech. Psychogenic stuttering. Psychogenic stuttering is not ...

Stuttering in Children

Neurogenic stuttering. Neurogenic stuttering may happen after a stroke or brain injury. It happens when there are signal problems between the brain and nerves ...

Stuttering | Encyclopedia MDPI

There is evidence that people who stutter activate motor programs before the articulatory or linguistic processing is initiated. Brain imaging ...

(PDF) On the cause of stuttering: Integrating theory with brain and ...

While there has been extensive brain and behavioral research into stuttering over the last 50 years, its cause remains unknown. Brain imaging ...

Stuttering and The Basal Ganglia

There are several other indications for the important role of the basal ganglia in stuttering, for example: (1) Lesions that cause “acquired stuttering” often ...

Stuttering in Children | Cedars-Sinai

Neurogenic stuttering. Neurogenic stuttering may happen after a stroke or brain injury. It happens when there are signal problems between the brain and nerves ...

Researchers Discover Stuttering Gene - VOA News

This abnormality interferes with the brain's ability to process speech. Stuttering causes sufferers to get stuck repeating or prolonging sounds, ...

Genetic approaches to understanding the causes of stuttering

A detailed investigation of one such region on chromosome 12 has identified mutations in the GNPTAB gene that are associated with stuttering in ...

Unraveling the biology of a mysterious condition: stuttering - KXXV

Past research has also linked stuttering to the basal ganglia, brain structures involved in the coordination of movement. “We know stuttering ...

Cutting out stuttering | New Scientist

At the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, a team of neuroscientists will try to interrupt the faulty circuit in his brain that they think ...

Study investigating the causes of stuttering

Murdoch Children's and University of Melbourne Professor Angela Morgan said although the exact cause of stuttering was unknown, genetics had ...

New UC research identifies brain network link to stuttering

A new study published in the prestigious Brain journal has identified a specific brain network hub that plays a key role in stuttering.

How singing reverses neurological problems with speech

This is the reality for people with chronic speech impairing disorders, such as aphasia stuttering. While people may know what they want to say, ...

Stuttering Secrets: Unveiling the Mysterious Link to Type 2 Diabetes

Other researchers believe that it may be due to differences in brain structure or function. More research is needed to understand the link ...

Streptococcal Infection as a Major Historical Cause of Stuttering

The theory of white matter disconnection as a key aspect of stuttering was first proposed by Sommer et al. (2002), based on their findings from brain imaging.

How To Stop Stuttering When Nervous - Can Stuttering be Cured

Family history: those who stutter often have a family member who also stutters · Brain differences: minor, neurological differences in how the ...