Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on language improvement and cortical activation in nonfluent variant primary progressive aphasia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 549, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-33

  Wang, Jie ^a   Wu, Dongyu ^a   Chen, Yan ^b   Yuan, Ying ^a   Zhang, Meikui ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhongguancun Hospital of Beijing   (China)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Neuronal plasticity; Primary progressive aphasia; Recovery of function

Indexed keywords

OXIRACETAM; VITAMIN B GROUP;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INSULA; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT POSTERIOR PERISYLVIAN REGION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NONFLUENT VARIANT PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ASSESSMENT IN CHINESE APHASIA; READING; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH THERAPY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VOICE CHANGE;

BRAIN STIMULATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

AGED; APHASIA, PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880748378     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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