Twenty-six months after a left hemispheric ischemic stroke an aphasic patient showed a significant improvement in verbal fluency following ten daily sessions of inhibitory 1 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the right cortex homologous to the Broca's area.No improvement was observed for other linguistic functions or for executive ones. Results confirm the segregation of neural circuitries subtending phonemic and semantic fluency and suggest a selective usefulness of the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment.

Phonemic fluency improved after inhibitory transcranial magnetic stimulation in a case of chronic aphasia / A. Rossetti, C. Malfitano, C. Malloggi, E. Banco, V. Rota, L. Tesio. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION RESEARCH. - ISSN 0342-5282. - 42:1(2019 Mar), pp. 92-95. [10.1097/MRR.0000000000000322]

Phonemic fluency improved after inhibitory transcranial magnetic stimulation in a case of chronic aphasia

C. Malfitano
Secondo
;
E. Banco;V. Rota
Penultimo
;
L. Tesio
Ultimo
2019

Abstract

Twenty-six months after a left hemispheric ischemic stroke an aphasic patient showed a significant improvement in verbal fluency following ten daily sessions of inhibitory 1 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the right cortex homologous to the Broca's area.No improvement was observed for other linguistic functions or for executive ones. Results confirm the segregation of neural circuitries subtending phonemic and semantic fluency and suggest a selective usefulness of the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment.
Settore MED/34 - Medicina Fisica e Riabilitativa
Settore MED/26 - Neurologia
mar-2019
8-ott-2018
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