Neural Regeneration Research ›› 2014, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (7): 703-706.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.131570

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Recent advances in the treatment of post-stroke aphasia

Anna Zumbansen 1, 2, Alexander Thiel 2   

  1. 1 School of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Université de Montréal, QC, Canada, H3C 3J7
    2 Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3T 1E2
  • Received:2014-04-15 Online:2014-04-15 Published:2014-04-15
  • Contact: Alexander Thiel, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Chemin de la C?te Ste-Catherine, Montreal, Canada, alexander.thiel@mcgill.ca.
  • Supported by:

    Canadian Institutes for Health Research.

Abstract:

Speech and language therapy is the best treatment to improve language and functional communication in post-stroke aphasia. However, even well studied impairment-based approaches show limited effects on language recovery. Prof. Alexander Thiel from McGill University in Canada points out pharmacological (in particular Piracetam) and NIBS strategies (mainly inhibitory rTMS over the contralesional hemisphere) offer promising new ways to optimize SLT effects and clearly merit further research.

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