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.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Comparative Study
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Aphasia / rehabilitation
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Aphasia / therapy*
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Basal Ganglia / pathology
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Basal Ganglia / radiation effects
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Chronic Disease
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Electric Stimulation / methods*
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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Functional Laterality / physiology
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Humans
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Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
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Magnetics*
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Middle Aged
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Neuropsychological Tests / statistics & numerical data
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Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology
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Pattern Recognition, Visual / radiation effects*
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Speech Therapy / methods
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Time Factors