Excitatory Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation With H-Coil Over the Right Homologous Broca's Region Improves Naming in Chronic Post-stroke Aphasia

Conclusions. A single session of excitatory deep brain rTMS over the right inferior frontal gyrus with H-coil significantly improves naming in right-handed chronic poststroke aphasic patients. This result is in line with the hypothesis of a positive, rather than detrimental, role of the right hemisphere in chronic aphasia due to a left-hemispheric stroke.

Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - February 11, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Chieffo, R., Ferrari, F., Battista, P., Houdayer, E., Nuara, A., Alemanno, F., Abutalebi, J., Zangen, A., Comi, G., Cappa, S. F., Leocani, L. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research