Differential involvement of the left frontal and temporal regions in verb naming: A tDCS treatment study

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-72

  Marangolo, Paola ^a,b   Fiori, Valentina ^b   Di Paola, Margherita ^b   Cipollari, Susanna ^b   Razzano, Carmelina ^b   Oliveri, Massimiliano ^b,c   Caltagirone, Carlo ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

aphasia rehabilitation; brain stimulation; language recovery; tDCS; Verb naming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH THERAPY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VERB RETRIEVAL DEFICIT; WERNICKE AREA;

AGED; APHASIA; COMPREHENSION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84873645208     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-120268     Document Type: Article

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