Clara Sanches, Richard Levy, Sarah Benisty, Lisette Volpe-Gillot, Marie-Odile Habert, Aurelie Kas, Sébastian Ströer, Nadya Pyatigorskaya, Anna Kaglik, Angelina Bourbon, Bruno Dubois, Raffaella Migliaccio, Antoni Valero-Cabré, Marc Teichmann
BACKGROUND: Semantic dementia is a neurodegenerative disease that primarily affects the left anterior temporal lobe, resulting in a gradual loss of conceptual knowledge. There is currently no validated treatment. Transcranial stimulation has provided evidence for long-lasting language effects presumably linked to stimulation-induced neuroplasticity in post-stroke aphasia. However, studies evaluating its effects in neurodegenerative diseases such as semantic dementia are still rare and evidence from double-blind, prospective, therapeutic trials is required...
November 20, 2019: Trials