Cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the right Wernicke's area improves comprehension in subacute stroke patients

Brain and Language

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  You, Dae Sang ^a   Kim, Dae Yul ^a   Chun, Min Ho ^a   Jung, Seung Eun ^a   Park, Sung Jong ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Global aphasia; Stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KOREAN WESTERN APHASIA BATTERY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SUBACUTE STROKE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WERNICKE AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; COMPREHENSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 80051899597     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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