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Certain brain regions must be intact in stroke survivors with aphasia for successful speech entrainment

In an article in Brain, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and elsewhere report which brain regions must be intact in stroke survivors with aphasia if they are to perform well in a speech entrainment session, successfully following along with another speaker.

12 Nov 2019

Top organizations announce awards for emerging leaders in brain health and dementia

To address the growing worldwide public health crisis due to dementia, the prevalence of which is expected to triple worldwide to 152 million by 2050, three leading organizations announced this year's Pilot Awards for Global Brain Health Leaders.

8 Nov 2019

NIH-funded research consortium aims to advance treatments for frontotemporal lobar degeneration

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, multi-investigator research grant expected to total more than $63 million to Mayo Clinic and the University of California, San Francisco, to advance treatments for frontotemporal lobar degeneration

16 Oct 2019

How dementia spreads: new study says it’s through neural networks

Scientists have found out a way to forecast the spread of brain atrophy, using prior research that shows how brain networks connect with each other to form a continuously linked pathway.

14 Oct 2019

Dementia spreads via synaptic connections between brain networks

In a new study, UC San Francisco scientists used maps of brain connections to predict how brain atrophy would spread in individual patients with frontotemporal dementia, adding to growing evidence that the loss of brain cells associated with dementia spreads via the synaptic connections between established brain networks.

14 Oct 2019

Structural and functional reorganization in the brain predicts language production

The right hemisphere of the brain can take over language functions when the left hemisphere is damaged early in development, according to research in four-year-old children published in eNeuro.

From Society for Neuroscience 8 Aug 2019

Research may lead to early detection method for some forms of dementia

Scientists might have found an early detection method for some forms of dementia, according to new research by the University of Arizona and the University of Toronto's Baycrest Health Sciences Centre.

14 May 2019

Brain area that only processes spoken, not written words identified

Patients in a new Northwestern Medicine study were able to comprehend words that were written but not said aloud. They could write the names of things they saw but not verbalize them.

22 Mar 2019

Aphasia research reveals new, complex interactions between thought and language

Knowledge of the facts is called factive knowledge. In the phrase "He knows [that it is warm outside]", the embedded clause is assumed to be true.

19 Mar 2019

KU professor discusses promise of brain-computer interface to aid, restore communication

Brain-computer interfaces promise to restore communication for individuals with severe speech and physical impairments. Current brain computer interfaces share many features of high-tech, conventional augmentative and alternative communication systems, but via direct brain link.

17 Feb 2019

Robotic arm rehabilitation may help recover speech, language function in chronic stroke patients

New research published in Frontiers in Neurology finds that robotic arm rehabilitation in chronic stroke patients with aphasia, the loss of ability to understand or express speech, may promote speech and language function recovery.

30 Oct 2018

Research scientist at Kessler Foundation receives $10,000 grant to study aphasia after stroke

Olga Boukrina, PhD, research scientist in Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a $10,000 grant from the Mabel H. Flory Charitable Trust.

21 Sep 2018

Transcranial direct current stimulation may help aphasia patients recover use of language

Neuroscientists at the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina have collaborated on a study in the field of aphasia that has successfully paved the way for a large clinical trial.

7 Sep 2018

Insight into causes, types and treatment of aphasia

Most people who are familiar with the term associate it with stroke. But aphasia, an impairment of language, is not always caused by stroke.

16 Jul 2018

Scientists use novel approach to uncover how brain networks interact to make word-choice decisions

Effective verbal communication depends on one's ability to retrieve and select the appropriate words to convey an intended meaning. For many, this process is instinctive, but for someone who has suffered a stroke or another type of brain damage, communicating even the most basic message can be arduous.

21 Jun 2018

People with rare dementia may employ intact brain areas for help with language

People with a rare dementia that initially attacks the language center of the brain recruit other areas of the brain to decipher sentences, according to new research led by a University of Arizona cognitive scientist.

12 Apr 2018

The brain fights neurodegenerative diseases by shifting resources

The brain continues to put up a fight even as neurodegenerative diseases like dementia damage certain areas and functions. In fact, recent findings in a Baycrest-University of Arizona study suggest that one method the brain uses to counter these diseases is the reassigning of tasks to different regions.

11 Apr 2018

New wearable electronics could be game-changer for stroke rehabilitation

A groundbreaking new wearable designed to be worn on the throat could be a game-changer in the field of stroke rehabilitation.

19 Feb 2018

Grammatical pronoun production more impaired in speech of people with agrammatic aphasia

A study of the use of pronouns by French speakers with agrammatic aphasia shows that grammatical pronouns are significantly more impaired in speech than lexical ones.

11 Oct 2017

New book provides in-depth look at communication disorders affecting older adults

Four professors in the College of Health Professions (CHP) at Wichita State have contributed to a new book, "Communication Disorders in Aging." The book provides an in-depth look at communication disorders affecting older adults and their daily lives.

28 Sep 2017