Probing Language Processes Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Medical College of Wisconsin
Summary
This study will examine the effect of TMS on people with stroke and aphasia as well as healthy individuals.
Description
To examine the brain's structure and specific language function and interactive relationships, investigators will implement repetitive or rapid TMS protocols in an active (or sham)-controlled, within-subject, randomized studies. Aims will evaluate the effects of short-term changes on each of the semantic or phonological language process of interest in isolation and changes in the interaction between language sub-processes and their interaction with other cognitive domains that directly or indirectly affect language functions. The brain targets for TMS application will be informed by existing e…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–85 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with left hemisphere stroke * Consent date \>= 1 month after stroke onset * Right-handed * Fluent in English * 18 years of age or older Exclusion Criteria: * Severe cognitive, auditory or visual impairments that would preclude cognitive and language testing * Non-decisional per decisionality questionnaire or other clinical assessment * Presence of major untreated or unstable psychiatric disease (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disease) * A chronic medical condition that is not treated or is unstable * Presence of 1. cardiac stimulators or pacemakers or intraca…
Interventions
- DeviceTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation
Deymed DuoMag XT-100 rTMS
Location
- Medical College of WisconsinMilwaukee, Wisconsin