Voice, Speech and Language Branch - Publications

• Ali, S.O., Thomasen, J.M., Schulz, G.M., Guillemin, A., Hosey, L., Varga, M., Ludlow, C.L., Braun, A.R. (InPress) Alterations in CNS Activity Induced by Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Spasmodic Dysphonia: An H215O-PET Study , Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research.

• Limb, C.J., Kemeny, S., Ortigoza, E.B., Rouhani, S., Braun, A.R. (2006) Left-Hemispheric Lateralization of Brain Activity During Passive Rhythm Perception in Musicians Anat Rec , A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 288(4), 382-9.

• Gil-da-Costa R, Braun A, Martin A. (2006) Using PET H2O15 to study the functional anatomy of non-human primate communication, Methods 38(3), 221-6.

• Gil-da-Costa, R., Martin, A., Lopes, M., Monica Munoz , M., Fritz, J., Braun, A.R. (2006) Species-specific calls activate homologues of Broca's and Wernicke's areas in the macaque, Nat Neurosci 9(8), 1064-70.

• Kemeny, S., Xu, Jiang, Park, G., Hosey, L., Braun, A.R. (2006) Temporal Dissociation of Early Lexical Access and Articulation Using a Delayed Naming Task -- An fMRI Study, Cereb Cortex 16(4), 587-95.

• Boemio, A., Fromm, S., Braun, A., Poeppel, D (2005) Symmetry and asymmetry in human auditory cortex response to temporal structure studied with fMRI, Nat Neurosci 8(3), 389-95.

• Stager, S.V., Calis, K., Grothe, D., Bloch, M., Berensen, N., Smith, P.J. Braun, A.R. (2005) Treatment with Medications affecting Dopaminergic and Serotonergic Mechanisms: Effects on Fluency and Anxiety in Persons who Stutter, Journal of Fluency Disorders 30, 319-335.

• Schulz, G., Varga, M., Ludlow, C., Braun, A.R. (2005) Functional Neuroanatomy of Human Vocalization; An H20-15 PET Study, Cereb Cortex 5(12), 1835-47.

• Hosey, L.A., Thompson, J.L.W., Verhagen, L.M., van den Munckhof, P., Fromm, S.J. Jeffries, K.J., Varga, M., Braun, A.R. (2005) Pharmacodynamics of Apomorphine in Parkinson's Disease Studied with H215O PET, Clin Neuropharmacol 28(1), 18-27.

• Gannon, P.J., Kheck, N.M., Braun, A.R., Holloway, R.L. (2005) The planum parietale of chimpanzees and orangutans: A comparative resonance of human-like planum temporale asymmetry, The Anatomical Record 287A, 1128-1141.

• Xu, J., Kemeny, S., Park, G., Frattali, C, Braun, A.R. (2005) Language in context: Emergent features of word, sentence and narrative comprehension, Neuroimage 25(3), 1002-15.

• Kemeny S, Ye FQ, Birn R, Braun AR. (2004) Comparison of continuous overt speech fMRI using BOLD and arterial spin labeling, Human Brain Mapping 24(3), 173�183.

• San Jose-Robertson L, Corina DP, Ackerman D, Guillemin A, Braun AR. (2004) Neural systems for sign language production: Mechanisms supporting lexical selection, phonological encoding, and articulation, Human Brain Mapping 23(3), 156.

• Horwitz B, Braun AR. (2004) Brain network interactions in auditory, visual and linguistic processing, Brain and Language 89(2), 377�84.

• Poeppel D, Guillemin A, Thompson J, Fritz J, Bavelier D, Braun AR. (2004) Auditory lexical decision, categorical perception, and FM direction discrimination differentially engage left and right auditory cortex, Neuropsychologia 42(2), 183-200.

• Gil-da-Costa R, Braun A, Lopes M, Hauser MD, Carson RE, Herscovitch P, Martin A. (2004) Towards an evolutionary perspective on conceptual representation: Species-specific calls activate visual and affective processing systems in the macaque, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101, 17516-17521.

• Stager SV, Jeffries KJ, Braun AR. (2003) Common features of fluency-evoking conditions studied in stuttering subjects and controls: an H(2)15O PET study, Journal of Fluency Disorders 28(4), 319-35;quiz 336.

• Horwitz B, Amunts K, Bhattacharyya R, Patkin D, Jeffries K, Zilles K, Braun AR. (2003) Activation of Broca's area during the production of spoken and signed language: a combined cytoarchitectonic mapping and PET analysis., Neuropsychologia 41(14), 1868-76.

• Jeffries KJ, Fritz JB, Braun AR. (2003) Words in melody: an H(2)15O PET study of brain activation during singing and speaking., Neuroreport 14(5), 749-54.

• Corina DP, San Jose-Robertson L, Guillemin A, High J, Braun AR. (2003) Language lateralization in a bimanual language, . Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 15(5), 718-30.

• Sevostianov A, Horwitz B, Nechaev V, Williams R, Fromm S, Braun AR. (2002) fMRI study comparing names versus pictures of objects, Human Brain Mapping 16(3), 168-75.

• Balkin TJ, Braun AR, Wesensten NJ, Jeffries K, Varga M, Baldwin P, Belenky G, Herscovitch P. (2002) The process of awakening: a PET study of regional brain activity patterns mediating the re-establishment of alertness and consciousness. , Brain 125(Pt 10), 2308-19.

• * Jeffries KJ, Schooler C, Schoenbach C, Herscovitch P, Chase TN, Braun AR. (2002) The functional neuroanatomy of Tourette's syndrome: an FDG PET study III: functional coupling of regional cerebral metabolic rates, Neuropsychopharmacology 27(1), 92-104.

• Tierney, M.C., Varga, M., Christian, M., Hosey, L., Grafman, J., Braun, A.R. (2001) PET Evaluation of Bilingual Language Compensation Following Early Childhood Brain Damage, Neuropsychologia 39, 114-121.

• Braun AR, Guillemin A, Hosey L, Varga M (2001) The neural organization of discourse: an H2 15O-PET study of narrative production in English and American sign language, Brain 124(Pt 10), 2028-44.

• Braun AR, Balkin TJ, Wesensten NJ, Gwadry F, Varga M, Baldwin P, Carson RE, Belenky G, Herscovitch P. (1998) Dissociated Pattern of Activity in Visual Cortices and Their Projections During Human Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Science 279, 91-95. Full Text/Abstract

• Gannon PJ, Holloway RL, Broadfield DC, Braun AR. (1998) Asymmetry of Chimpanzee Planum Temporale: Humanlike Pattern of Wernicke's Brain Language Area Homolog, Science 279. Full Text/Abstract

• Braun AR, Balkin TJ, Wesensten NJ, Varga M, Baldwin P, Carson RE, Belenky G, Herscovitch P. (1997) Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Throughout the Sleep-Wake Cycle: An H2O-15 Positron Emission Tomography Study, Brain 120, 1173-1197. Full Text/Abstract

• Braun AR, Laruelle M, Mouradian MM. (1997) Interactions Between D1 and D2 Receptor Family Agonists and Antagonists: The Effects of Chronic Exposure on Behavior and Receptor Binding in Rats and Their Clinical Implications, J. Neural. Trans. 104, 341-362.

• * Braun, A.R., Varga, M., Stager, S., Shulz, G., Selbie, S., Maisog, J.M., Carson, R.E., and Ludlow, C. L. (1997) Altered Patterns of Cerebral Activity During Speech and Language Production in Developmental Stuttering. An H2O-15 Positron Emission Tomography Study. , Brain 120, 761-784.

• Braun AR, Randolph C, Stoetter B, Mohr E, Cox C, Carson RE, Herscovitch P, Chase TN. (1995) The Functional Neuroanatomy of Tourette Syndrome: An FDG PET study. II. Relationships Between Regional Cerebral Metabolism andAssociated Behavioral and Cognitive Features of the Illness , Neuropsychopharmacology 13, 151-168. Full Text/Abstract

• Braun AR, Stoetter B, Randolph C, Hsiao JK, Vladar K, Gernert J, Carson RE, Herscovitch P, Chase TN. (1993) The Functional Neuroanatomy of Touretteís Syndrome: An FDG-PET Study. I. Regional Changes in Cerebral Glucose Metabolism Differentiating Patients and Controls, Neuropsychopharmacology 9. Full Text/Abstract

• Randolph C, Braun A, Goldberg TE, Chase TN. (1993) Semantic Fluency in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's Disease: Dissociation of Storage and Retrieval Failures, Journal of Neuropsychology 7, 1-7.

• Braun AR, Chase TN. (1988) Behavioral effects of chronic exposure to selective D1 and D2 dopamine receptor agonists, European J. Pharmacol 147, 441-452.

• Walters JR, Bergstron DA, Carlson JH, Chase TN, Braun AR. (1987) D1 Dopamine receptor activation required for postsynaptic expression of D2 agonist effects, Science 236(480), 719-22. Full Text/Abstract

• Braun AR, Chase TN. (1986) Obligatory D1/D2 dopamine receptor interaction in the generation of dopamine agonist related behaviors, European J. Pharmacol 131, 301-305. Full Text/Abstract