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ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2023

Noninvasive Brain Stimulation in Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Literature Review.

Konstantinos Papanikolaou, Grigorios Nasios, Anastasia Nousia, Vasileios Siokas, Lambros Messinis, Efthimios Dardiotis

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Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Advances in Neuromodulation Techniques for Aphasia Rehabilitation: A Comprehensive Review.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Efficacy of rTMS in Post-Stroke Bilingual Aphasia: A Single Case Experimental Design.International journal of language & communication disorders
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Konstantinos PapanikolaouNeurological Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Grigorios NasiosDepartment of Speech and Language Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Anastasia NousiaDepartment of Speech and Language Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Vasileios SiokasDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Lambros MessinisLab of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Efthimios DardiotisDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
University of Ioannina · GRUniversity of Thessaly · GRAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRNeurological Institute of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a gradually progressive clinical syndrome in which the first and predominant symptoms involve language and/or speech production that interfere with daily activities. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) appear to have a beneficial impact on many neurodegenerative pathologies. The current review investigated the impact of rTMS and tDCS on PPA patients. English language articles that have been published in the databases PubMed, and Scopus from 2007 to 2022 were included. Fifteen single-case or small-group studies were analyzed and presented. The majority of the literature findings point toward that the application of rTMS or tDCS may have a positive effect in improving symptoms such as verb production, action naming, phonemic-verbal fluency, grammatical comprehension, written spelling, and semantic features. In conclusion, our review provides additional evidence supporting that both types of stimulation may improve linguistic deficits, especially if they combined, speech therapy.

Indexed as

Aphasia, Primary ProgressiveTranscranial Direct Current StimulationBrainHumansSpeechTranscranial Magnetic StimulationNon-invasive brain stimulationPrimary progressive aphasiarTMSSpeech therapytDCS

Identifiers

PMID37581830
OpenAlexW4385827412

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