Intensive language training enhances brain plasticity in chronic aphasia

BMC Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Meinzer, Marcus ^a,b   Elbert, Thomas ^a   Wienbruch, Christian ^a   Djundja, Daniela ^a,b   Barthel, Gabriela ^a,b   Rockstroh, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Schmieder Foundation for Sciences and Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DELTA RHYTHM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SPEECH THERAPY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 12844251059     PISSN: 17417007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-2-20     Document Type: Article

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