Phonemic fluency improved after inhibitory transcranial magnetic stimulation in a case of chronic aphasia.

Abstract

Twenty-six months after a left hemispheric ischemic stroke an aphasic patient showed a significant improvement in verbal fluency following ten daily sessions of inhibitory 1 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the right cortex homologous to the Broca's area.No improvement was observed for other linguistic functions or for executive ones. Results confirm the segregation of neural circuitries subtending phonemic and semantic fluency and suggest a selective usefulness of the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment.

• Authors: Angela Rossetti, Calogero Malfitano, Chiara Malloggi, Elisabetta Banco, Viviana Rota, Luigi Tesio
• Journal: International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation (Int J Rehabil Res) Vol. 42 Issue 1 Pg. 92-95 (Mar 2019) ISSN: 1473-5660 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 30300167 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aphasia (etiology, therapy)
• Female
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Stroke (complications)
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation