Transcranial brain stimulation (TMS and tDCS) for post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation: Controversies
Transcranial brain stimulation (TS) techniques have been investigated for use in the rehabilitation of post-stroke aphasia. According to previous reports, functional recovery by the left hemisphere improves recovery from aphasia, when compared with right hemisphere participation. TS has been applied...
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doaj-160b0b0840a84080945d7e7c7a18682e2020-11-24T23:50:56ZengAssociação Neurologia Cognitiva e do ComportamentoDementia & Neuropsychologia1980-57648320721510.1590/S1980-57642014DN83000003S1980-57642014000300207Transcranial brain stimulation (TMS and tDCS) for post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation: ControversiesLucia Iracema Zanotto de MendonçaTranscranial brain stimulation (TS) techniques have been investigated for use in the rehabilitation of post-stroke aphasia. According to previous reports, functional recovery by the left hemisphere improves recovery from aphasia, when compared with right hemisphere participation. TS has been applied to stimulate the activity of the left hemisphere or to inhibit homotopic areas in the right hemisphere. Various factors can interfere with the brain's response to TS, including the size and location of the lesion, the time elapsed since the causal event, and individual differences in the hemispheric language dominance pattern. The following questions are discussed in the present article: [a] Is inhibition of the right hemisphere truly beneficial?; [b] Is the transference of the language network to the left hemisphere truly desirable in all patients?; [c] Is the use of TS during the post-stroke subacute phase truly appropriate? Different patterns of neuroplasticity must occur in post-stroke aphasia.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642014000300207&lng=en&tlng=enaphasiatranscranial magnetic stimulationrehabilitation |
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Transcranial brain stimulation (TMS and tDCS) for post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation: Controversies |
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Transcranial brain stimulation (TMS and tDCS) for post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation: Controversies |
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Transcranial brain stimulation (TMS and tDCS) for post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation: Controversies |
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Transcranial brain stimulation (TMS and tDCS) for post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation: Controversies |
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Transcranial brain stimulation (TMS and tDCS) for post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation: Controversies |
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transcranial brain stimulation (tms and tdcs) for post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation: controversies |
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Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento |
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Dementia & Neuropsychologia |
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Transcranial brain stimulation (TS) techniques have been investigated for use in the rehabilitation of post-stroke aphasia. According to previous reports, functional recovery by the left hemisphere improves recovery from aphasia, when compared with right hemisphere participation. TS has been applied to stimulate the activity of the left hemisphere or to inhibit homotopic areas in the right hemisphere. Various factors can interfere with the brain's response to TS, including the size and location of the lesion, the time elapsed since the causal event, and individual differences in the hemispheric language dominance pattern. The following questions are discussed in the present article: [a] Is inhibition of the right hemisphere truly beneficial?; [b] Is the transference of the language network to the left hemisphere truly desirable in all patients?; [c] Is the use of TS during the post-stroke subacute phase truly appropriate? Different patterns of neuroplasticity must occur in post-stroke aphasia. |
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aphasia transcranial magnetic stimulation rehabilitation |
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