title: Improved naming after TMS treatments in a chronic, global aphasia patient--case report.
abstract: We report improved ability to name pictures at 2 and 8 months after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) treatments to the pars triangularis portion of right Broca's homologue in a 57 year-old woman with severe nonfluent/global aphasia (6.5 years post left basal ganglia bleed, subcortical lesion). TMS was applied at 1 Hz, 20 minutes a day, 10 days, over a two-week period. She received no speech therapy during the study. One year after her TMS treatments, she entered speech therapy with continued improvement. TMS may have modulated activity in the remaining left and right hemisphere neural network for naming.
authors: Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA. mnaeser@bu.edu
authors: Margaret A
authors: MA
authors: Naeser
authors: Paula I
authors: PI
authors: Martin
authors: Marjorie
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authors: Nicholas
authors: Errol H
authors: EH
authors: Baker
authors: Heidi
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authors: Seekins
authors: Nancy
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authors: Helm-Estabrooks
authors: Carol
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authors: Cayer-Meade
authors: Masahito
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authors: Kobayashi
authors: Hugo
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authors: Theoret
authors: Felipe
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authors: Fregni
authors: Jose Maria
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authors: Tormos
authors: Jacquie
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authors: Kurland
authors: Karl W
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authors: Doron
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authors: Pascual-Leone
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008280:Magnetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors