Effects of low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor recovery in subacute stroke patients with different motor evoked potential status: a randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To explore the effects of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) on motor function and cortical excitability in stroke patients with different motor evoked potential (MEP) status.

Methods: A total of 80 stroke patients were enrolled in this randomized controlled trial and divided into two groups according to MEP status (- or +) of lesioned hemisphere. Then, each group was randomly assigned to receive either active or sham LF-rTMS.

Prediction models of the aphasia severity after stroke by lesion load of cortical language areas and white matter tracts: An atlas-based study.

Objective: To construct relatively objective, atlas-based multivariate models for predicting early aphasia severity after stroke, using structural magnetic resonance imaging.

Methods: We analyzed the clinical and imaging data of 46 patients with post-stroke aphasia. The aphasia severity was identified with a Western Aphasia Battery Aphasia Quotient.

Effects of Damage to the Integrity of the Left Dual-Stream Frontotemporal Network Mediated by the Arcuate Fasciculus and Uncinate Fasciculus on Acute/Subacute Post-Stroke Aphasia.

(1) Background: To investigate the correlation between the integrity of the left dual-stream frontotemporal network mediated by the arcuate fasciculus (AF) and uncinate fasciculus (UF), and acute/subacute post-stroke aphasia (PSA). (2) Methods: Thirty-six patients were recruited and received both a language assessment and a diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) scan. Correlations between diffusion indices in the bilateral LSAF/UF and language performance assessment were analyzed with correlation analyses.