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The role of P300 in the recovery of post‐stroke global aphasia
Author(s) -
Nolfe G.,
Cobianchi A.,
MossutoAgatiello L.,
Giaquinto S.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01237.x
Subject(s) - aphasia , medicine , stroke (engine) , audiology , comprehension , latency (audio) , event related potential , right hemisphere , lateralization of brain function , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cognition , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , engineering , electrical engineering
Seventeen right‐handed patients suffering from global aphasia caused by a recent stroke in the left‐hemisphere were studied. Passive P300 auditory event related potential paradigm was applied every months for 6 months. Aachen subtests were used for evaluating comprehension. Only a minority of the patients displayed the P300 at the baseline. Those patients had the best outcome at the Aachen comprehension subtest. Latency and amplitude changed over time in an unpredictable way. The number of patients presenting with the P300 also fluctuated, since some patients could regain the potential, whereas some other patients could lose that from month to month. Passive P300 is a monitor of recovery following global aphasia. A single passive P300 recording is useful for prognostic purposes. Repairing mechanisms in the first 6 months have a non‐linear trend.