TY - JOUR
T1 - Pharmacological, surgical, and neurovascular interventions to augment acute aphasia recovery
AU - Hillis, Argye E.
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - Aphasia recovery has often been attributed to a combination of "spontaneous recovery" and rehabilitation. However, a variety of new pharmacological, surgical, and interventional neuroradiology procedures have been developed that can complement rehabilitation in the first days to weeks after stroke by restoring blood flow to dysfunctional but salvageable brain tissue. This paper will review the medical and surgical interventions to improve regional cerebral blood flow that recently have been shown to (1) augment aphasia recovery by improving tissue function, and (2) prevent expansion of the stroke that would otherwise impede recovery. Success with such treatments facilitates aphasia rehabilitation by improving the baseline language performance that must be improved further with language therapy.
AB - Aphasia recovery has often been attributed to a combination of "spontaneous recovery" and rehabilitation. However, a variety of new pharmacological, surgical, and interventional neuroradiology procedures have been developed that can complement rehabilitation in the first days to weeks after stroke by restoring blood flow to dysfunctional but salvageable brain tissue. This paper will review the medical and surgical interventions to improve regional cerebral blood flow that recently have been shown to (1) augment aphasia recovery by improving tissue function, and (2) prevent expansion of the stroke that would otherwise impede recovery. Success with such treatments facilitates aphasia rehabilitation by improving the baseline language performance that must be improved further with language therapy.
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U2 - 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31805ba094
DO - 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31805ba094
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17515681
AN - SCOPUS:34249033923
SN - 0894-9115
VL - 86
SP - 426
EP - 434
JO - American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
IS - 6
ER -