Exploring How Brain Aging Influences Language Issues After Stroke

Understanding how brain aging outside stroke injury zones affects aphasia

After a stroke, even areas of the brain that are not directly impacted by the injury can show signs of accelerated aging.

Exploring how brain aging influences language issues after stroke

After a stroke, even areas of the brain not directly affected by the injury can show signs of accelerated aging. Stroke can also lead to aphasia, a language disorder that varies widely in severity and treatment outlook. In a new study in JNeurosci, Nicholas Riccardi, Leonardo Bonilha and colleagues at the University of South Carolina Floyd School of Medicine examined how aging in uninjured areas of the brain relates to aphasia severity and recovery after treatment.

Uninjured Brain Age Holds Key to Language Recovery Following Stroke

Study finds biological aging in uninjured brain tissue predicts aphasia severity and 6-month recovery after speech therapy and brain stimulation.