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Nonlinguistic Cognitive Factors Predict Treatment-Induced Recovery in Chronic Poststroke Aphasia by Gilmore, Natalie, Meier, Erin L., Johnson, Jeffrey P., Kiran, Swathi

“…To determine if pretreatment nonlinguistic cognition predicted language treatment outcomes and if so, which specific nonlinguistic cognitive subskills…”
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Neuroplasticity in Aphasia: A Proposed Framework of Language Recovery by Kiran, Swathi, Meier, Erin L, Johnson, Jeffrey P

“…Purpose: Despite a tremendous amount of research in this topic, the precise neural mechanisms underlying language recovery remain unclear. Much of the evidence…”
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The contribution of white matter pathology, hypoperfusion, lesion load, and stroke recurrence to language deficits following acute subcortical left hemisphere stroke by Sharif, Massoud S, Goldberg, Emily B, Walker, Alexandra, Hillis, Argye E, Meier, Erin L

“…Aphasia, the loss of language ability following damage to the brain, is among the most disabling and common consequences of stroke. Subcortical stroke,…”
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The role of disrupted functional connectivity in aphasia by Meier, Erin L

“…Language is one of the most complex and specialized higher cognitive processes. Brain damage to the distributed, primarily left-lateralized language network…”
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Pre-treatment graph measures of a functional semantic network are associated with naming therapy outcomes in chronic aphasia by Johnson, Jeffrey P., Meier, Erin L., Pan, Yue, Kiran, Swathi

“…•Average strength and global efficiency were associated with treatment effects.•Clustering and local efficiency contributed to models that predicted effect…”
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Treatment-related changes in neural activation vary according to treatment response and extent of spared tissue in patients with chronic aphasia by Johnson, Jeffrey P., Meier, Erin L., Pan, Yue, Kiran, Swathi

“…Neuroimaging studies of aphasia recovery have linked treatment-related improvements in language processing to changes in functional brain activation in left…”
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Dissociable language and executive control deficits and recovery in post-stroke aphasia: An exploratory observational and case series study by Meier, Erin L., Kelly, Catherine R., Hillis, Argye E.

“…A growing body of evidence indicates many, but not all, individuals with post-stroke aphasia experience executive dysfunction. Relationships between language…”
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Abnormally weak functional connections get stronger in chronic stroke patients who benefit from naming therapy by Johnson, Jeffrey P., Meier, Erin L., Pan, Yue, Kiran, Swathi

“…•At study entry, patients had abnormally low naming-network functional connectivity.•Connectivity increased in patients who responded best to…”
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Typicality-based semantic treatment for anomia results in multiple levels of generalisation by Gilmore, Natalie, Meier, Erin L., Johnson, Jeffrey P., Kiran, Swathi

“…This study investigated the effects of typicality-based semantic feature analysis (SFA) treatment on generalisation across three levels: untrained related…”
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Left frontotemporal effective connectivity during semantic feature judgments in patients with chronic aphasia and age-matched healthy controls by Meier, Erin L., Johnson, Jeffrey P., Kiran, Swathi

“…Traditional models of neural reorganization of language skills in patients with chronic stroke-induced aphasia (PWA) propose activation of reperfused or spared…”
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Digital 3D Brain MRI Arterial Territories Atlas by Liu, Chin-Fu, Hsu, Johnny, Xu, Xin, Kim, Ganghyun, Sheppard, Shannon M., Meier, Erin L., Miller, Michael I., Hillis, Argye E., Faria, Andreia V.

“…The locus and extent of brain damage in the event of vascular insult can be quantitatively established quickly and easily with vascular atlases. Although…”
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The utility of lesion classification in predicting language and treatment outcomes in chronic stroke-induced aphasia by Meier, Erin L., Johnson, Jeffrey P., Pan, Yue, Kiran, Swathi

“…Stroke recovery models can improve prognostication of therapy response in patients with chronic aphasia, yet quantifying the effect of lesion on recovery is…”
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Changes in task-based effective connectivity in language networks following rehabilitation in post-stroke patients with aphasia by Kiran, Swathi, Meier, Erin L, Kapse, Kushal J, Glynn, Peter A

“…In this study, we examined regions in the left and right hemisphere language network that were altered in terms of the underlying neural activation and…”
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Association of Regional Atrophy With Naming Decline in Primary Progressive Aphasia by Breining, Bonnie L., Faria, Andreia Vasconcellos, Tippett, Donna Clark, Stockbridge, Melissa Dawn, Meier, Erin L., Caffo, Brian, Hermann, Olivia, Friedman, Rhonda, Meyer, Aaron, Tsapkini, Kyrana, Hillis, Argye Elizabeth

“…Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative condition that predominantly impairs language. Most investigations of how focal atrophy affects…”
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Characterizing subtypes and neural correlates of receptive aprosodia in acute right hemisphere stroke by Sheppard, Shannon M., Meier, Erin L., Zezinka Durfee, Alexandra, Walker, Alex, Shea, Jennifer, Hillis, Argye E.

“…Speakers naturally produce prosodic variations depending on their emotional state. Receptive prosody has several processing stages. We aimed to conduct…”
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Naming errors and dysfunctional tissue metrics predict language recovery after acute left hemisphere stroke by Meier, Erin L., Sheppard, Shannon M., Goldberg, Emily B., Head, Catherine R., Ubellacker, Delaney M., Walker, Alexandra, Hillis, Argye E.

“…Language recovery following acute left hemisphere (LH) stroke is notoriously difficult to predict. Global language measures (e.g., overall aphasia severity)…”
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The role of microstructural integrity of major language pathways in narrative speech in the first year after stroke by Keser, Zafer, Meier, Erin L., Stockbridge, Melissa D., Hillis, Argye E.

“…•We assessed the temporal profile of the language tracts within a year after stroke.•We evaluated white matter correlates of narrative speech longitudinally in…”
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Understanding semantic and phonological processing deficits in adults with aphasia: effects of category and typicality by Meier, Erin L., Lo, Melody, Kiran, Swathi

“…Background: Semantic and phonological processing deficits are often present in aphasia. The degree of interdependence between the deficits has been widely…”
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Resting-State Connectivity in Acute and Subacute Poststroke Aphasia: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Pilot Study by Meier, Erin L, Bunker, Lisa D, Kim, Hana, Hillis, Argye E

“…Understanding how brain function and language skills change during early (acute and subacute) stroke phases is critical for maximizing patient recovery, yet…”
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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Paired With Verb Network Strengthening Treatment Improves Verb Naming in Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Case Series by Sheppard, Shannon M, Goldberg, Emily B, Sebastian, Rajani, Walker, Alexandra, Meier, Erin L, Hillis, Argye E

“…There are few evidence-based treatments for language deficits in primary progressive aphasia (PPA). PPA treatments are often adopted from the poststroke…”
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