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Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Aphasic Stroke
Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Aphasic Stroke
Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Aphasic Stroke
Aphasic Stroke
by Nora Weiduschat, Alexander Thiel, Ilona Rubi-Fessen, Alexander Hartmann,
Josef Kessler, Patrick Merl, Lutz Kracht, Thomas Rommel, and Wolf Dieter Heiss
Stroke
Volume 42(2):409-415
January 24, 2011
Activation PET imaging and language testing were performed at baseline before randomization
and after the rehabilitation period.
Illustrative single subject activation during verb generation in 1 subject of the TMS group (Patient
7) and the sham group (Patient 6), respectively, before and after the 2-week rehabilitation period.
Change of LIs in Broca area with positive values indicating a shift toward the left hemisphere
and negative values indicating a shift to the right.