Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of Broca's area in chronic aphasia: A controlled outcome study

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 247, Issue , 2013, Pages 211-216

  Volpato, Chiara ^a   Cavinato, Marianna ^a   Piccione, Francesco ^a   Garzon, Martina ^a   Meneghello, Francesca ^a   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,b  

^a IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Electrical stimulation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC APHASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876427585     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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