Brain network organization, the emergence of cognition, and the accumulation of neurodegenerative pathology are interwoven concepts frequently studied under the umbrella of behavioral neurology, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, and neuropathology. One approach to studying the organization of cognitive processes is to study those with selective deficits in such networks. To understand how...
Approximately 80-90% of individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) develop motor speech impairments, predominantly in the form of voice dysfunction. It is known that the motor symptoms of PD arise from degeneration of the dopamine producing neurons in the substantia nigra and dysregulation of basal ganglia motor pathways. It is also...