The Western Aphasia Battery: A systematic review of research and clinical applications

A Kertesz - Aphasiology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Since design and publication of the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB),
increasing use to assess patients with aphasia in a clinical and research setting in stroke …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of therapy response in chronic aphasia: Building a foundation for personalized aphasia therapy

S Kristinsson, DB den Ouden, C Rorden… - Journal of …, 2022 - synapse.koreamed.org
Chronic aphasia, a devastating impairment of language, affects up to a third of stroke
survivors. Speech and language therapy has consistently been shown to improve language …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors beyond the lesion: Health and demographic factors associated with aphasia severity

L Johnson, S Nemati, L Bonilha, C Rorden, N Busby… - Cortex, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Lesion-related factors are associated with severity of language impairment in
persons with aphasia. The extent to which demographic and health factors predict language …

Activity performance, participation, and quality of life among adults in the chronic stage after acquired brain injury—the feasibility of an occupation-based …

A Beit Yosef, JM Jacobs, S Shenkar, J Shames… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Objective: Acquired brain injury (ABI) is a leading cause of long-term disability. This calls for
effective and accessible interventions to support participation in the community over time …

Association of acute infarct topography with development of cerebral palsy and neurologic impairment in neonates with stroke

MT Mackay, J Chen, J Shapiro, M Pastore-Wapp… - Neurology, 2023 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Research investigating neonatal arterial ischemic stroke (NAIS)
outcomes have shown that combined cortical and basal ganglia infarction or involvement of …

Secondary thalamic neuroinflammation after focal cortical stroke and traumatic injury mirrors corticothalamic functional connectivity

D Necula, FS Cho, A He, JT Paz - Journal of Comparative …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While cortical injuries, such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) and neocortical stroke, acutely
disrupt the neocortex, most of their consequent disabilities reflect secondary injuries that …

[HTML][HTML] Language systems from lesion-symptom mapping in aphasia: A meta-analysis of voxel-based lesion mapping studies

Y Na, JY Jung, CR Tench, DP Auer, SB Pyun - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Aphasia is one of the most common causes of post-stroke disabilities. As the
symptoms and impact of post-stroke aphasia are heterogeneous, it is important to …

Predicting language recovery in post-stroke aphasia using behavior and functional MRI

M Iorga, J Higgins, D Caplan, R Zinbarg, S Kiran… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Language outcomes after speech and language therapy in post-stroke aphasia are
challenging to predict. This study examines behavioral language measures and resting state …

Diabetes, brain health, and treatment gains in post-stroke aphasia

R Roth, N Busby, J Wilmskoetter… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In post-stroke aphasia, language improvements following speech therapy are variable and
can only be partially explained by the lesion. Brain tissue integrity beyond the lesion (brain …

French Phonological Component Analysis and aphasia recovery: A bilingual perspective on behavioral and structural data

M Masson-Trottier, T Dash, P Berroir… - Frontiers in Human …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Studies show bilingualism entails an advantage in cognitive control tasks. There is evidence
of a bilingual advantage in the context of aphasia, resulting in better cognitive outcomes and …