Researchers have sought to understand how language is processed in the brain, how brain
damage affects language abilities, and what can be expected during the recovery period …

The role of left and right hemisphere brain regions in language recovery after stroke-induced
aphasia remains controversial. Here, we summarize how neuroimaging studies increase the …

Background and Purpose—Recent research suggests that increased left hemisphere
cortical activity, primarily of the left frontal cortex, is associated with improved naming …

Aphasic deficits are usually only interpreted in terms of domain-specific language
processes. However, effective human communication and tests that probe this complex …

The estimated prevalence of aphasia in the UK and the USA is 250 000 and 1 000 000,
respectively. The commonest aetiology is stroke. The impairment may improve with …

Recovery from aphasia is thought to depend on neural plasticity, that is, the functional
reorganization of surviving brain regions such that they take on new or expanded roles in …

Objectives: If neuroplastic changes in aphasia are consistent across studies, this would
imply relatively stereotyped mechanisms of recovery which could guide the design of more …

Purpose This systematic review summarizes evidence for intensity of treatment and
constraint-induced language therapy (CILT) on measures of language impairment and …

Background and Purpose—Previous studies have suggested that patients' potential for
poststroke language recovery is related to lesion size; however, lesion location may also be …

We hypothesized that the recovery of speech production after left hemisphere stroke not only
depends on the integrity of language-specialized brain systems, but also on 'domain …