Excitatory repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation induces improvements in chronic post-stroke aphasia

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 6-

  Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^a,b,c   Vannest, Jennifer ^c   Wu, Steve W ^c   Difrancesco, Mark W ^c   Banks, Christi ^a,c   Gilbert, Donald L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; fMRI; Language; Rehabilitation; rTMS; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84926426823     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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