Efficacy of semantic–phonological treatment combined with tDCS for verb retrieval in a patient with aphasia

Neurocase

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 109-119

  Manenti, Rosa ^a   Petesi, Michela ^a   Brambilla, Michela ^a,b   Rosini, Sandra ^a   Miozzo, Antonio ^c   Padovani, Alessandro ^c   Miniussi, Carlo ^a,c   Cotelli, Maria ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

naming; non invasive brain stimulation; speech therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOMIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS;

APHASIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEMANTICS; SPEECH THERAPY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84921022425     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2013.873062     Document Type: Article

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