Electrical brain stimulation alone may not improve chronic aphasia
Findings from an Italian study suggest that transcranial direct current stimulation may only improve chronic aphasia symptoms when combined with specific synaptic activation achieved through behavioral treatment. (Source: MedWire News - Stroke)
Source: MedWire News - Stroke - April 5, 2013 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Shift of language function to right hemisphere impedes post-stroke aphasia recovery
(IOS Press) In a study designed to differentiate why some stroke patients recover from aphasia and others do not, investigators have found that a compensatory reorganization of language function to right hemispheric brain regions bodes poorly for language recovery. Patients who recovered from aphasia showed a return to normal left-hemispheric language activation patterns. These results, which may open up new rehabilitation strategies, are available in the current issue of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 4, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
$12 million for a center for research on aphasia
(Northwestern University) Northwestern University has received a $12 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a center devoted to research on aphasia, a devastating language disorder that essentially robs the brain of language. The Center for the Neurobiology of Language Recovery will bring together the field's best researchers to find biomarkers that can predict language recovery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Researchers bring hope for patients with aphasia
Two groups of researchers have presented preliminary results of studies aiming to help in the treatment of aphasia at the conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, this month. (Source: MedWire News - Stroke)
Source: MedWire News - Stroke - February 28, 2013 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
New Frontiers In Trauma And Stroke Recovery: Teaching The Brain To Speak Again
Cynthia Thompson, a world-renowned researcher on stroke and brain damage, discussed her groundbreaking research on aphasia and the neurolinguistic systems it affects at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). An estimated one million Americans suffer from aphasia, affecting their ability to understand and/or produce spoken and/or written language. Thompson, Northwestern's Ralph and Jean Sundin Professor of Communication Sciences, participated in a media briefing on "Tools for Regaining Speech" at the Hynes Convention Center... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Teaching the brain to speak again
(Northwestern University) "Use it or lose it," says stroke and brain damage researcher Cynthia Thompson, who has played a key role in demonstrating the brain's plasticity. On Feb. 16, she presents her groundbreaking research that offers hope to chronic sufferers of aphasia (a disorder affecting one million Americans). "Language training focused on principles of normal language processing stimulates the recovery of neural networks that support language even 10 or more years post-stroke," she says. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Strengthening speech networks to treat aphasia
(Brown University) Decades of research have helped scientists like Sheila Blumstein of Brown University understand how the brain produces speech. At the AAAS conference in Boston Feb. 16, 2013, she will speak about her efforts to translate those basic findings into a therapy for patients with aphasia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Teaching a Damaged Brain to Speak Again After a Stroke
Cynthia Thompson, a world-renowned researcher on stroke and brain damage, will discuss her groundbreaking research on aphasia and the neurolinguistic systems it affects. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - February 12, 2013 Category: Disability Tags: 2013 Events Source Type: news
The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Relaunch Aphasia Software Finder Website
The new website gathers information about software and applications that may be useful to people with Aphasia. (Source: Speakability)
Source: Speakability - January 28, 2013 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: news
Aphasia, Hemispatial Neglect And Related Disorders
Approximately half a million individuals suffer strokes in the US each year, and about one in five develops some form of post-stroke aphasia, the partial or total loss of the ability to communicate. By comparing different types of aphasia, investigators have been able to gain new insights into the normal cognitive processes underlying language, as well as the potential response to interventions. Their findings are published alongside papers on hemispatial neglect and related disorders in the January, 2013 issue of Behavioural Neurology... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
New technique helps stroke victims communicate
Researchers have developed a speech technique to aid stroke victims with aphasia. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 15, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news
Studies provide new insights into brain-behavior relationships
(IOS Press) Approximately half a million individuals suffer strokes in the US each year, and about one in five develops some form of post-stroke aphasia, the partial or total loss of the ability to communicate. By comparing different types of aphasia, investigators have been able to gain new insights into the normal cognitive processes underlying language, as well as the potential response to interventions. Their findings are published alongside papers on hemispatial neglect and related disorders in the January 2013 issue. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Even Older Patients Can Improve Following Intensive Training For Aphasia
Older adults who have suffered from aphasia for a long time can nevertheless improve their language function and maintain these improvements in the long term, according to a study by Dr. Ana Ines Ansaldo, PhD, a researcher at the Research Centre of the Institut universitaire de geriatrie de Montreal (University Geriatrics Institute of Montreal) and a professor in the School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the Faculty of Medicine of Universite de Montréal. The study was published in Brain and Language... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
