Neural mechanisms underlying perilesional transcranial direct current stimulation in aphasia: A feasibility study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Ulm, Lena ^a   McMahon, Katie ^a   Copland, David ^a   de Zubicaray, Greig I ^b   Meinzer, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anomia; Aphasia; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84944457750     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00550     Document Type: Article

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