Something to talk about: Enhancement of linguistic cohesion through tdCS in chronic non fluent aphasia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 246-256

  Marangolo, Paola ^a,b   Fiori, Valentina ^b   Campana, Serena ^b   Antonietta Calpagnano, Maria ^b   Razzano, Carmelina ^b   Caltagirone, Carlo ^b,c   Marini, Andrea ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aphasia rehabilitation; Brain stimulation; Broca's area; Cohesion; Left frontal gyrus; Pragmatics; TDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTIC COHESION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONFLUENT APHASIA; SPEECH; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WERNICKE AREA;

APHASIA REHABILITATION; BRAIN STIMULATION; BROCA'S AREA; COHESION; LEFT FRONTAL GYRUS; PRAGMATICS; TDCS;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA, BROCA; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890851537     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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