Changes in maps of language function and the integrity of the arcuate fasciculus after therapy for chronic aphasia

Neurocase

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 506-517

  Breier, Joshua I ^a   Juranek, Jenifer ^a   Papanicolaou, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetoencephalography; Stroke; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; CONSTRAINT INDUCED LANGUAGE THERAPY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPETITION PRIMING; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; TREATMENT DURATION; VISION TEST; VISUAL NAMING; ATAXIC APHASIA; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

APHASIA, BROCA; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84858029166     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2010.547505     Document Type: Article

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