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Transcranial direct current stimulation as a novel method for enhancing aphasia treatment effects.
Neuromodulation is an exciting area of development. Currently, there is significant interest in academia, industry, and clinical practice where an effective and acceptable transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) kit for use in clinical rehabilitation would offer much benefit to patients’ treatment. In this review, I discuss the latest group studies investigating current tDCS methods for enhancing aphasia treatment effects in post-stroke (sub-acute and chronic) and primary progressive aphasia (PPA) patient populations. This field is still new, and many more investigations with larger samples of patients are needed....
Source: European Psychologist - April 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Crinion, Jennifer T. Source Type: research