The Supplementary Motor Area Responsible for Word Retrieval Decline After Acute Thalamic Stroke Revealed by Coupled SPECT and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Damage to the thalamus may affect cognition and language, but the underlying mechanism remains unknown. In particular, it remains a riddle why thalamic aphasia occasionally occurs and then mostly recovers to some degree. To explore the mechanism of the affected cognition and language, we used two ne...

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Main Author: Shigeru Obayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/4/247