Intensive language training enhances brain plasticity in chronic aphasia

M Meinzer, T Elbert, C Wienbruch, D Djundja, G Barthel… - BMC biology, 2004 - Springer
Background Focal clusters of slow wave activity in the delta frequency range (1–4 Hz), as
measured by magnetencephalography (MEG), are usually located in the vicinity of structural …

Neuroscience insights improve neurorehabilitation of poststroke aphasia

ML Berthier, F Pulvermüller - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2011 - nature.com
The treatment of aphasias—acquired language disorders—caused by stroke and other
neurological conditions has benefitted from insights from neuroscience and …

Functional imaging studies of treatment‐induced recovery in chronic aphasia

M Meinzer, C Breitenstein - Aphasiology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The reacquisition of language after stroke may profit from intense training with
several hours of language exercises provided on each training day, especially in the chronic …

Imaging short-and long-term training success in chronic aphasia

R Menke, M Meinzer, H Kugel, M Deppe… - BMC neuroscience, 2009 - Springer
Background To date, functional imaging studies of treatment-induced recovery from chronic
aphasia only assessed short-term treatment effects after intensive language training. In the …

Early aphasia rehabilitation is associated with functional reactivation of the left inferior frontal gyrus: a pilot study

F Mattioli, C Ambrosi, L Mascaro, C Scarpazza… - Stroke, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Early poststroke aphasia rehabilitation effects and their
functional MRI (fMRI) correlates were investigated in a pilot, controlled longitudinal study …

Neuroimaging of stroke recovery from aphasia–Insights into plasticity of the human language network

G Hartwigsen, D Saur - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
The role of left and right hemisphere brain regions in language recovery after stroke-induced
aphasia remains controversial. Here, we summarize how neuroimaging studies increase the …

Functional re-recruitment of dysfunctional brain areas predicts language recovery in chronic aphasia

M Meinzer, T Flaisch, C Breitenstein, C Wienbruch… - Neuroimage, 2008 - Elsevier
Functional recovery in response to a brain lesion, such as a stroke, can even occur years
after the incident and may be accelerated by effective rehabilitation strategies. In eleven …

Training-induced brain plasticity in aphasia

M Musso, C Weiller, S Kiebel, SP Müller, P Bülau… - Brain, 1999 - academic.oup.com
It has long been a matter of debate whether recovery from aphasia after left perisylvian
lesions is mediated by the preserved left hemispheric language zones or by the homologous …

Therapy-related reorganization of language in both hemispheres of patients with chronic aphasia

F Pulvermüller, O Hauk, K Zohsel, B Neininger, B Mohr - Neuroimage, 2005 - Elsevier
The brain processes of language recovery after stroke are poorly understood, partly
because past research did not allow to differentiate the effects of spontaneous restitution …

Brain network topology influences response to intensive comprehensive aphasia treatment

MN Baliki, EM Babbitt, LR Cherney - NeuroRehabilitation, 2018 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Recent imaging studies indicate that aphasia is associated with large-scale
reorganization of brain networks. Today, neuroimaging studies show that various brain …