Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Treatment of Subacute Post-Stroke Thalamic Aphasia
| Autor: | Carlo Trompetto, Lucio Marinelli, William Campanella, Laura Mori, Lucilla Vestito, Riccardo Pedrini |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Thalamus lcsh:Medicine 050105 experimental psychology rehabilitation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Aphasia Internal Medicine medicine cerebral haemorrhage 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Apathy Rehabilitation Transcranial direct-current stimulation business.industry 05 social sciences lcsh:R Articles Transcranial direct current stimulation aphasia speech therapy medicine.anatomical_structure Cerebral cortex Disinhibition Speech disorder medicine.symptom transcranial direct current stimulation business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2020) Eur J Case Rep Intern Med |
| Popis: | Background Although many studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in improving speech recovery in post-stroke aphasia, as far as we know patients affected by thalamic aphasia have never been investigated. Patient and method A 65-year-old man with severe non-fluent aphasia due to a left thalamic haemorrhagic stroke underwent intensive daily speech therapy combined with tDCS. Results The patient showed progressive improvement with almost complete recovery of his speech disorder, behavioural disinhibition and apathy. Conclusions Our findings suggest that tDCS with concurrent speech therapy can be useful in patients with subcortical stroke lesions. Learning points The thalamus has a central role in the development of the higher functions, such as memory, regulation of behaviour and emotions, and language elaboration.Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) applied to the cerebral cortex is a promising tool for improving language recovery in patients with post-stroke aphasia.Combined treatment with tDCS and speech and language therapy (SLT) was effective in a patient with subacute thalamic aphasia, who showed improvement in all aspects of linguistic and behavioural communication. |
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