Efficacy of Bihemispheric tDCS in Rehabilitation of Non-Fluent Aphasia: A Single-subject Pilot Study.
Objective: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has emerged as a potentially effective complementary tool in rehabilitation of aphasia. However, there is no consensus regarding the optimal tDCS montage to augment language outcomes in aphasia. Against this background, the present study aime...
| Publicado en: | Clinical & Experimental Health Sciences Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 595 - 604 |
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Marmara University
Sep2024
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