Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in

Aphasic Stroke
by Nora Weiduschat, Alexander Thiel, Ilona Rubi-Fessen, Alexander Hartmann,
Josef Kessler, Patrick Merl, Lutz Kracht, Thomas Rommel, and Wolf Dieter Heiss

Stroke
Volume 42(2):409-415
January 24, 2011

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Activation PET imaging and language testing were performed at baseline before randomization
and after the rehabilitation period.

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Illustrative single subject activation during verb generation in 1 subject of the TMS group (Patient
7) and the sham group (Patient 6), respectively, before and after the 2-week rehabilitation period.

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Change of LIs in Broca area with positive values indicating a shift toward the left hemisphere
and negative values indicating a shift to the right.

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Clinical improvement as measured by the AAT.

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