Modulation of N400 in chronic non-fluent aphasia using low frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)

Brain and Language

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 125-135

  Barwood, Caroline H S ^a   Murdoch, Bruce E ^a   Whelan, Brooke Mai ^a   Lloyd, David ^a   Riek, Stephan ^a   O'Sullivan, John D ^b   Coulthard, Alan ^b   Wong, Andrew ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Event related brain potentials (ERP); Language rehabilitation; Non fluent aphasia; Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONFLUENT APHASIA; PARS TRIANGULARIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMANTICS; STROKE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; APHASIA, BROCA; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79952314980     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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