Aphasia. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Argye Elizabeth Hillis, Julius Fridriksson.
• Editors: Hillis, Argye Elizabeth; Fridriksson, Julius
• Contents: Section 1. History and Conceptual Models of Language and the Brain; 1. History of aphasia: A broad overview; 2. Broca-Wernicke theories: A historical perspective; Section 2. Neuroanatomy of Speech and Language; 3. Vascular syndromes: Revisiting classification of post-stroke aphasia; 4. The dual stream model of speech and language processing; 5. Types of motor speech impairments associated with neurologic diseases; 6. Clinical and neuroimaging characteristics of primary progressive aphasia; 7. The role of disrupted functional connectivity in aphasia; 8. The role of disrupted structural connectivity in aphasia; Section 3. Language Recovery; 9. Functional MRI evidence for reorganization of language networks after stroke; 10. The contribution of positron emission tomography to the study of aphasia; 11. Electrophysiologic evidence of reorganization in post-stroke aphasia; 12. Assessment of language impairment and function; Section 4. Language Intervention ; 13. Behavioral interventions for post-stroke aphasia; 14. Behavioral interventions for primary progressive aphasia; 15. Noninvasive brain stimulation to augment language therapy for post-stroke aphasia; 16. Noninvasive brain stimulation to augment language therapy for primary progressive aphasia; 17. Better language through chemistry: Augmenting speech-language therapy with pharmacotherapy in the treatment of aphasia; Section 5. Recent Advances ; 18. Ethical considerations in the management of post-stroke aphasia; 19. Genetics in aphasia recovery; 20. Sign language aphasia
• Publisher Details: Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (336 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128234792; 0128234792
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