And we've published several papers on this to try to figure out the neurobiological basis . The first study we had was a brain area called the basal ganglia . This what's the the striatum part of the basal ganglia involved in coordinating movements , learning how to make movements when it was damaged in these , in this , in a speech like pathway in these birds .
Uh would be damage to the basal ganglia or some type of disruption to the basal ganglia at a young age also causes stuttering in humans and even those who are born with stuttering . Uh um it's , it's often the basal ganglia uh that's disrupted than some other brain circuit . And we think the speech part of the basal ganglia can adults who maintain a stutter from childhood , uh repair that stutter , they can repair it with uh therapy with learning how to speak slower , uh learning how to tap out a rhythm during .
The first study we had was a brain area called the basal ganglia . This what's the the striatum part of the basal ganglia involved in coordinating movements , learning how to make movements when it was damaged in these , in this , in a speech like pathway in these birds . What we found is that they started to stutter as the brain region recovered and unlike humans , they actually recovered after three or four months .
Uh um it's , it's often the basal ganglia uh that's disrupted than some other brain circuit . And we think the speech part of the basal ganglia can adults who maintain a stutter from childhood , uh repair that stutter , they can repair it with uh therapy with learning how to speak slower , uh learning how to tap out a rhythm during . And yeah , I'm not a speech pathologist , but I started reading this literature uh and talking to others that , you know , um colleagues who actually ST ST stuttering .
And it's now known they call this neurogen neurogenic stuttering in humans . Uh would be damage to the basal ganglia or some type of disruption to the basal ganglia at a young age also causes stuttering in humans and even those who are born with stuttering . Uh um it's , it's often the basal ganglia uh that's disrupted than some other brain circuit .
