Predicting speech fluency and naming abilities in chronic aphasic patients

Predicting speech fluency and naming abilities in chronic aphasic patients

There is a need for identifying biomarkers that predict chronic speech fluency/language impairment and improvement after stroke. We previously showed that the Arcuate Fasciculus lesion load (AF-LL), a combined variable of lesion site and size, predicted speech fluency in chronic aphasic patients. In...

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Main Authors: Jasmine eWang, Sarah eMarchina, Andrea C. Norton, Catherine Y Wan, Gottfried eSchlaug
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Aphasia
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
functional MRI
fluency
Outcome
Lesion Load
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00831/full

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