Right hemispheric structural connectivity and poststroke language recovery.

ABSTRACT: Poststroke aphasia typically results from brain damage to the left-lateralized language network. The contribution of the right-lateralized homologues in aphasia recovery remains equivocal. In this longitudinal observational study, we specifically investigated the role of right hemisphere structural connectome in aphasia recovery. Twenty-two patients with aphasia after a left hemispheric stroke underwent comprehensive language assessment at the early subacute and chronic stages. A novel structural connectometry approach, using multi-shell diffusion-weighted MRI data collected at the early subacute stage, was used to evaluate the relationship between right hemisphere white matter connectome and language production and comprehension abilities at early subacute stage. Moreover, we evaluated th

SUBMITTER: Sihvonen AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10089089 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature