Subacute aphasia recovery is associated with resting-state connectivity within and beyond the language network.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine changes to connectivity after aphasia treatment in the first 3 months after stroke.

Methods

Twenty people experiencing aphasia within the first 3 months of stroke completed MRI before and immediately following 15 hours of language treatment. They were classified based on their response to treatment on a naming test of nouns as either high responders (10% improvement or more), or low responders (<10% improvement). Groups were similar in age, gender distribution, education, days since stroke, stroke volume, and baseline severity. Resting-state functional connectivity analysis was limited to the connectivity of the left fusiform gyrus with the bilateral inferior frontal gyrus, supramarginal gyrus, angular gyrus, and superior, middle, and inferior temporal g

SUBMITTER: Stockbridge MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10502663 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature