Transcranial direct current stimulation in primary progressive aphasia: Whom does it help?

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to be a valuable adjunct to speech and language therapy, mainly in stroke rehabilitation and recently in primary progressive aphasia. An intriguing question that has not been addressed is whether different brain pathologies, atrophy patterns and symptoms associated with each variant of PPA have a differential impact on the effectiveness of electrical stimulation. We conducted a randomized sham-controlled, double-blind clinical trial using a within-subjects crossover design and we compared effects of tDCS coupled with oral and written naming therapy vs.
Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research