BACKGROUND Aphasia therapy focusing on abstract properties of language promotes both item-specific effects and generalization to untreated materials. Neuromodulation with transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to enhance item-specific improvement, but its potential to enhance generalization has not been systematically investigated. Here, we test the efficacy of ACTION (a ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The aim of this prospective longitudinal study was to identify factors relating to emotional distress in the first 6 months after stroke in a sample including patients with aphasia. METHODS One hundred patients who were in hospital at 1 month after stroke were recruited and assessed on measures of communication impairment (Sheffield Screening Test), personal activities ...

In this phase I clinical rehabilitation study, we investigated the effects of phonological rehabilitation for alexia and aphasia in an individual 54 years after a left-hemisphere ischemic infarction. In the context of a single-subject design, we studied whether treatment would improve phonological processing, reading, and generalization to untreated behaviors. While results showed a lack of gen...

It has long been a matter of debate whether recovery from aphasia after left perisylvian lesions is mediated by the preserved left hemispheric language zones or by the homologous right hemisphere regions. Using PET, we investigated the short-term changes in the cortical network involved in language comprehension during recovery from aphasia. In 12 consecutive measurements of regional cerebral b...

Background: Post-stroke aphasia is one of the major disabilities and a risk factor for other complications, is also associated with increased mortality, depression and impairments in communication. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is an alternative. We propose the review of literature published until now of rTMS. Methods: We included articles published on PubMed and EMBASE, w...

conclusions results showed that whereas knowledge by itself cannot guarantee men’s participation in prostate cancer screenings, perceived barriers can play an important role in discouraging men from cancer screening participation. therefore, designing programs to address these barriers is very important. results the most common barriers to screening for prostate cancer were a lack of knowledge ...

BACKGROUND A neuropsychological screening instrument sensitive to neuropsychological deficits associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) would be valuable for diagnostic evaluation. METHODS The Philadelphia Brief Assessment of Cognition (PBAC) assesses working memory/executive control, language, visuospatial operations, verbal/visual episodic memo...