Predicting language deficits after stroke with connectome-based imaging

(Medical University of South Carolina) In a recent Journal of Neuroscience article, investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina report that imaging all of the brain's connections after stroke in addition to imaging only the areas of cortical tissue damage could better predict which patients will have language deficits and how severe those deficits will be. Such imaging could also be used to guide rehabilitative therapy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news