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A right convergence area of the prefrontal lobe is involved in the improvement of semantic fluency in patients with post-stroke aphasia
CONCLUSION: The improvement of semantic fluency in subacute PSA patients may require the participation of the right convergence area of the prefrontal lobe.PMID:37651207 | DOI:10.1080/10749357.2023.2253632
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - August 31, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Tao Feng Chao Zhang Siwei Xu Lingmin Wang Kai Xu Zhiyuan Xie Jie Xiang Weiwei Chen Source Type: research

Recovery of Apraxia of Speech and Aphasia in Patients With Hand Motor Impairment After Stroke
Conclusion: Our findings confirm the common occurrence of AOS and aphasia in left hemisphere stroke patients with a hand motor impairment. Recovery was similar across speech-language and motor domains, even in patients with severe impairment, supporting the shared recovery hypothesis and that similar brain recovery mechanisms are involved in speech-language and motor recovery post stroke. These observations contribute to the knowledge of AOS and its relation to motor and language functions and add information that may serve as a basis for future studies of post stroke recovery. Studies including neuroimaging and/or biologi...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - March 31, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Corticospinal Tract Integrity and Long-Term Hand Function Prognosis in Patients With Stroke
Conclusions: The present study showed that CST integrity (at 6 months after onset) in patients with chronic stroke was related to functional hand status. In addition, the mid-pons FA value was more predictive of functional restoration of the hand than the FN or FA value at the pontomedullary junction. These results may be useful in predicting the functional restoration of the hand and understanding the functional prognosis of stroke. Introduction Restoration of hand function is one of the most important goals for patients with stroke (1). Thus, techniques that aid in predicting restoration of hand function are also i...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 14, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Traumatic bilateral dissection of cervical internal carotid artery in the wake of a car accident: A case report.
CONCLUSION: With early detection and proper management, traumatic dissection of cervical carotid artery can have a benign outcome. As for the current patient, medical treatment with anticoagulation was sufficient and surgical management was therefore not required. Improvement in the patients' speech was observed; nevertheless the continuation of speech therapy was indicated. PMID: 28743388 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - July 10, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Taoussi N, Alghamdi AJ, Bielewicz J, Luchowski P, Rejdak K Tags: Neurol Neurochir Pol Source Type: research

Success of Anomia Treatment in Aphasia Is Associated With Preserved Architecture of Global and Left Temporal Lobe Structural Networks
Conclusions. Preservation of global and left temporal structural connectivity broadly explains the variability in treatment-related naming improvement in aphasia. These findings corroborate and expand on previous classical lesion-symptom mapping studies by elucidating some of the mechanisms by which brain damage may relate to treated aphasia recovery. Favorable naming outcomes may result from the intact connections between spared cortical areas that are functionally responsive to treatment.
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - February 12, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Bonilha, L., Gleichgerrcht, E., Nesland, T., Rorden, C., Fridriksson, J. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

Effects of Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined with Intensive Speech Therapy on Cerebral Blood Flow in Post-Stroke Aphasia
Abstract We provided an intervention to chronic post-stroke aphasic patients using low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) guided by a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) evaluation of language laterality, combined with intensive speech therapy (ST). We performed a single photon emission-computed tomography (SPECT) scan pre- and post-intervention and investigated the relationship between cerebral blood flow (CBF) and language function. Fifty right-handed chronic post-stroke aphasic patients were enrolled in the study. During their 11-day hospital admission, the patients receiv...
Source: Translational Stroke Research - August 7, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research