Caudate nucleus 2026-10-25
A striatal nucleus participating in corticostriatal circuits. Reduced volume in affected members of the KE family correlates with aspects of speech-related performance, without isolating a single causal mediator of the phenotype.[ref]
MRI analysis of an inherited speech and language disorder: structural brain abnormalities by Kate Watkins and others. Brain 125, 465–478; affected/unaffected KE-family members, matched controls, VBM and caudate volumetry