Neurodegenerative language impairments and transcranial stimulation

Authors

  • Clara Sanches Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, Sorbonne Université, France Author
  • Juliette Godard Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, Sorbonne Université, France Author
  • Marc Teichmann Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, Sorbonne Université, France; Department of Neurology, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, France Author
  • Antoni Valero-Cabré Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, Sorbonne Université, France Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2019/10/0046/000408

Abstract

The mental lexicon is the stock of words, in long-term memory, as an association of syntactic, semantic, and phonological/orthographic structures. Being able to access word meaning rapidly and flexibly is essential for efficient communication and it involves highly specialized brain networks. Its breakdown is present in different neurodegenerative diseases, such as Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). Transcranial direct current stimulation can help improve language deficits in these diseases. We compared the language deficits of these patients with controls and looked for the effects of tDCS on such deficits.

 

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Published

01-01-2019

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Vol. 10 (2019): Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of Experimental Linguistics

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Proceedings Papers

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Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.

How to Cite

Neurodegenerative language impairments and transcranial stimulation. (2019). Linguistic Proceedings Series, 10(1), 185-188. https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2019/10/0046/000408

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