1. Efficacy of semantic-phonological treatment combined with tDCS for verb retrieval in a patient with aphasia.
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Manenti R, Petesi M, Brambilla M, Rosini S, Miozzo A, Padovani A, Miniussi C, and Cotelli M
- Subjects
- Aphasia physiopathology, Combined Modality Therapy, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Semantics, Aphasia therapy, Prefrontal Cortex physiopathology, Speech Therapy, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Abstract
Recent studies reported enhanced performance on language tasks induced by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in patients with aphasia. One chronic patient with non-fluent aphasia received 20 sessions of a verb anomia training combined with off-line bihemispheric tDCS applied to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) - anodal tDCS over left DLPFC plus cathodal tDCS over right DLPFC. A significant improvement in verb naming was observed at all testing times (4, 12, 24, and 48 weeks from post-entry/baseline testing) for treated and untreated verbs. Our findings show beneficial effects of verb anomia training in combination with tDCS in chronic aphasic patient, suggesting a long-lasting effect of this treatment.
- Published
- 2015
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