@article {000314323600006n.d.,
	title = {Cerebral language reorganization in the chronic stage of recovery: A longitudinal fMRI study.},
	journal = {CORTEX},
	volume = {49},
	number = {1},
	year = {מפורסם},
	pages = {71 - 81},
	abstract = {The goal of the present study was to investigate whether spontaneous functional recovery following insult to the language-dominant hemisphere continues in the so-called "chronic stage," and if so, to examine its neuro-functional correlates. We used a longitudinal functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) block design, where each young patient served as his/her own control. Specifically, we examined whether language functions differed significantly in two monitoring sessions conducted years apart, both in the chronic stage, where almost no functional changes are expected. We focused on a unique cohort of young brain damaged patients with aphasiogenic lesions occurring after normal language acquisition, in order to maximize the potential of plasticity for language reorganization following brain damage. The most striking finding was that the linguistic recovery of our patients was significant not just relative to their linguistic scores on initial testing (T1), but also in absolute te},
	keywords = {Aphasia, Behavioral sciences, functional MRI, Language recovery, Neurosciences, Neurosciences \& Neurology, Recovery of Function, Reorganization},
	issn = {00109452},
	url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true\&AuthType=ip,cookie,url,uid\&db=edswsc\&AN=000314323600006\&lang=he\&site=eds-live},
	author = {Elkana, Odelia and Frost, Ram and Ben-Bashat, Dafna and Schweiger, Avraham}
}
