NIH R01 · 2024
A longitudinal study of neural network development in children who stutter
Significant gaps remain in our understanding of the neurobiological, mechanistic bases of stuttering. Accumulating evidence points to the possible role of basal ganglia-thalamocortical (BGTC) and cerebellar (CE) networks in stuttering persistence and recovery. To date there have been few attempts to examine how BGTC and CE network structure and function relate to behavioral differences in intrinsic timing of speech and nonspeech gestures, and how these processes link to stuttering persistence and recovery. The long-term goal is to leverage and significantly expand our current large-scale investigation of childhood stuttering to more fully characterize the neural network-based brain…
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