Can tDCS enhance treatment of aphasia after stroke?

Aphasiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1169-1191

  Holland, Rachel ^a   Crinion, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Post stroke aphasia; Recovery; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PARIETAL CORTEX; POST STROKE APHASIA; REVIEW; SPEECH; STROKE; SUBCORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WERNICKE AREA;

EID: 84865812771     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2011.616925     Document Type: Review

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