First decade of research on constrained-induced treatment approaches for aphasia rehabilitation

M Meinzer, AD Rodriguez, LJG Rothi - Archives of physical medicine and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Meinzer M, Rodriguez AD, Gonzalez Rothi LJ. First decade of research on constrained-
induced treatment approaches for aphasia rehabilitation. Approaches for treating poststroke …

Electrical stimulation of the motor cortex enhances treatment outcome in post-stroke aphasia

M Meinzer, R Darkow, R Lindenberg, A Flöel - Brain, 2016 - academic.oup.com
See Fink et al.(doi: 10.1093/aww034) for a scientific commentary on this article. Transcranial
direct current stimulation has shown promise to improve recovery in patients with post-stroke …

Combining non‐invasive brain stimulation with functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the neural substrates of cognitive aging

K Abellaneda‐Pérez, L Vaqué‐Alcázar… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As aging population is increasing, new methodologies to apprehend and enhance the
mechanisms related to optimal brain function in advancing age become urgent. This review …

Transcranial direct current stimulation of the primary motor cortex improves word-retrieval in older adults

M Meinzer, R Lindenberg, MM Sieg… - Frontiers in aging …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Language facilitation by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in healthy individuals
has generated hope that tDCS may also allow improving language impairment after stroke …

Transcranial direct current stimulation effects on neural processing in post‐stroke aphasia

R Darkow, A Martin, A Würtz, A Flöel… - Human Brain …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐invasive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can enhance recovery after
stroke. However, fundamental knowledge about how tDCS impacts neural processing in the …

Rethinking motor region role in verb processing: Insights from a neurolinguistic study of noun-verb dissociation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

EN Aiello, D Pain, M Gallucci, S Feroldi… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Motor regions atrophy has been traditionally assumed to account for selective deficits of verb
(V) vs. noun (N) processing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients via action …

tDCS over the motor cortex improves lexical retrieval of action words in poststroke aphasia

M Branscheidt, J Hoppe… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
One-third of stroke survivors worldwide suffer from aphasia. Speech and language therapy
(SLT) is considered effective in treating aphasia, but because of time constraints …

Options to enhance recovery from aphasia by means of non-invasive brain stimulation and action observation therapy

P Marangolo, C Caltagirone - Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Aphasia is a highly disabling language disorder usually caused by a left-lateralized brain
damage. Even if traditional linguistic-based therapies have been proved to induce an …

Increased links between language and motor areas: A proof-of-concept study on resting-state functional connectivity following Personalized Observation, Execution …

E Durand, M Masson-Trottier, A Sontheimer… - Brain and Cognition, 2021 - Elsevier
A tight coupling of language and motor processes has been established, which is consistent
with embodied cognition theory. However, very few therapies have been designed to exploit …

Transcranial direct current stimulation to enhance training effectiveness in chronic post-stroke aphasia: a randomized controlled trial protocol

B Stahl, R Darkow, V Von Podewils, M Meinzer… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Intensive speech-language therapy (SLT) can promote recovery from chronic
post-stroke aphasia, a major consequence of stroke. However, effect sizes of intensive SLT …