Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) for the Recovery of Phonological Short-Term Memory in Patients With Aphasia After Stroke

Description

This study will assess the effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on language recovery after stroke.

Conditions

Stroke, Aphasia

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Study overview

This study will assess the effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on language recovery after stroke.

TACS for the Recovery of Phonological STM After Stroke

Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) for the Recovery of Phonological Short-Term Memory in Patients With Aphasia After Stroke

Condition
Stroke
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Milwaukee

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Diagnosed with left hemisphere stroke/aphasia
  • * Consent date \>= 1 month after stroke onset
  • * Fluent in English
  • * 18 years of age or older
  • * Severe cognitive, auditory or visual impairments that would preclude cognitive and language testing
  • * Presence of major untreated or unstable psychiatric disease
  • * A chronic medical condition that is not treated or is unstable
  • * The presence of cardiac stimulators or pacemakers
  • * Contraindications to MRI or tACS, e.g. patients with metallic implants, and/or history of skull fractures, pregnancy, skin diseases
  • * History of ongoing or unmanaged seizures
  • * History of dyslexia or other developmental learning disabilities

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Medical College of Wisconsin,

Study Record Dates

2033-01