tDCS over the left inferior frontal cortex improves speech production in aphasia

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Marangolo, Paola ^a,b   Fiori, Valentina ^b   Calpagnano, Maria A ^b   Campana, Serena ^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 recovery; Language rehabilitation; Speech production; Stroke; tDCS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933676117     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00539     Document Type: Article

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