Motor cortex preactivation by standing facilitates word retrieval in aphasia

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-187

  Meinzer, Marcus ^a,b,c   Breitenstein, Caterina ^b   Westerhoff, Ursula ^b   Sommer, Jens ^b   Rösser, Nina ^b   Rodriguez, Amy Denise ^a,c   Harnish, Stacy ^a,c   Knecht, Stefan ^b,d   Flöel, Agnes ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Neurocenter at Schön Klinik   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anomia; Aphasia; Motor system; Stroke rehabilitation; Word retrieval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEG; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SITTING; STANDING; VERBAL MEMORY; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPEECH;

EID: 79954514977     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968310376577     Document Type: Article

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