Aphasia therapy on a neuroscience basis

Aphasiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 563-599

  Pulvermuller, Friedemann ^a   Berthier, Marcelo ^b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Chronic aphasia; Constraint induced therapy; Intensive language action therapy (ILAT); Language; Laterality; Motor system; Neuroimaging; Neurotransmitters; Perisylvian cortex; Pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BIFEMELANE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DONEPEZIL; DOPAMINE; FLUVOXAMINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; LEVODOPA; MEMANTINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PIRACETAM; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; ZOLPIDEM;

APHASIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPREHENSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE ACTION THERAPY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH THERAPY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 45949103897     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030701612213     Document Type: Article

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