Functional MRI

Naeser MA, Martin PI, Baker EH, Hodge SM, Sczerzenie SE, Nicholas M, Palumbo CL, Goodglass H, Wingfield A, Samaraweera R, Harris G, Baird A, Renshaw P, Yurgelun-Todd D. 2004. Overt propositional speech in chronic nonfluent aphasia studied with the dynamic susceptibility contrast fMRI method. NeuroImage 22, 29-41. pdf

Kurland J, Naeser MA, Baker EH, Doron K, Martin PI, Seekins HE, Bogdan A, Renshaw P, Yurgelun-Todd D. 2004. Test-retest reliabililty of fMRI during nonverbal semantic decisions in moderate-severe nonfluent aphasia patients. Behavioral Neurology 15, 87-97. pdf

Martin PI, Naeser MA, Doron KW, Bodgan A, Baker EH, Kurland J, Renshaw P, Yurgelun-Todd D. 2005. Overt naming in aphasia studied with a functional MRI hemodynamic delay design. NeuroImage 28, 194-204. pdf

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Martin PI, Naeser MA, Theoret H, Tormos JM, Nicholas M, Kurland J, Fregni F, Seekins H, Doron K, Pascual-Leone, A. 2004. Transcranial magnetic stimulation as a complementary treatment for aphasia. Seminars in Speech and Language, 25(2):181-191. pdf

Naeser MA, Martin PI, Nichols M, Baker EH, Seekins H, Kobayashi M, Theoret H, Fregni F, Maria-Tormos J, Kurland J, Doron KW, Pascual-Leone A. 2005. Improved picture naming in chronic aphasia after TMS to part of right Broca's area: an open-protocol study. Brain and Language 93, 95-105. pdf

Naeser MA, Martin PI, Nicholas M, Baker EH, Seekins H, Helm-Estabrooks N, Cayer-Meade C, Kobayashi M, Theoret H, Fregni F, Maria-Tormos J, Kurland J, Doron KW, Pascual-Leone A. 2005. Improved naming after TMS treatments in a chronic, global aphasia patient - Case Report. Neurocase 11, 182-193. pdf

Martin PI, Naeser MA, Ho M, Doron KW, Kurland J, Kaplan J, Wang Y, Nicholas M, Baker EH, Fregni F, Pascual-Leone A. 2009. Overt naming fMRI pre- and post-TMS: Two nonfluent aphasia patients, with and without improved naming post-TMS. Brain and Language 111, 20-35. pdf

Martin PI, Naeser MA, Ho M, Treglia E, Kaplan E, Baker EH, Pascual-Leone A. 2009. Research with transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of aphasia. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 451-458. pdf

Structural Imaging, Relation between Lesion Site and Recovery

Naeser MA, Palumbo CL. 1994. Neuroimaging and language recovery in stroke. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 11, 150-174. pdf

Alexander MP, Naeser MA, Palumbo C. 1990. Broca's area aphasias: aphasia after lesions including the frontal operculum. Neurology 40, 353-362. pdf

Naeser MA, Gaddie A, Palumbo CL, Stiassny-Eder D. 1990. Late recovery of auditory comprehension in global aphasia. Archives of Neurology 47, 425-432. pdf

Naeser MA, Palumbo CL, Helm-Estabrooks N, Stiassny-Eder D, Albert M. 1989. Severe nonfluency in aphasia: the role of the medial subcallosal fasciculus plus other white matter pathways in recovery of spontaneous speech. Brain 112, 1-38. pdf

Naeser MA, Helm-Estabrooks N, Haas G, Auerbach S, Srinivasan M. 1987. Relationship between lesion extent in 'Wernicke's area' on computed tomographic scan and predicting recovery of comprehension in Wernicke's aphasia. Archives of Neurology 44, 73-82. pdf

Freedman M, Alexander MP, Naeser MA. 1984. Anatomic basis of transcortical motor aphasia. Neurology 34, 409-417. pdf

Pieniadz JM, Naeser MA. 1984. Computed tomographic scan cerebral asymmetries and morphologic brain asymmetries - correlation in the same cases post mortem. Archives of Neurology 41, 403-409. pdf

Naeser MA, Alexander MP, Helm-Estabrooks N, Levine HL, Laughlin SA, Geschwind N. 1982. Aphasia with predominantly subcortical lesion sites: description of three capsular/putaminal aphasia syndromes. Archives of Neurology 39, 2-14. pdf