Plastic Changes Following Imitation-Based Speech and Language Therapy for Aphasia: A High-Density Sleep EEG Study

Conclusions. Our results suggest that SWA changes occurring in brain areas activated during imitation-based aphasia therapy may reflect the acute plastic changes induced by this intervention. Further testing will be needed to evaluate SWA as a non-invasive assessment of changes induced by the therapy and as a predictor of positive long-term clinical outcome.

Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - January 10, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Sarasso, S., Maatta, S., Ferrarelli, F., Poryazova, R., Tononi, G., Small, S. L. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research