MARGARET NAESER

Summary

Affiliation: Boston University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Transcranial magnetic stimulation and aphasia rehabilitation
    Margaret A Naeser
    Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 93:S26-34. 2012
  2. ncbi TMS suppression of right pars triangularis, but not pars opercularis, improves naming in aphasia
    Margaret A Naeser
    V A Boston Healthcare System, Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine, USA
    Brain Lang 119:206-13. 2011
  3. ncbi Improved cognitive function after transcranial, light-emitting diode treatments in chronic, traumatic brain injury: two case reports
    Margaret A Naeser
    VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts
    Photomed Laser Surg 29:351-8. 2011
  4. ncbi Research with rTMS in the treatment of aphasia
    Margaret A Naeser
    Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and the Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Restor Neurol Neurosci 28:511-29. 2010
  5. ncbi Improved language in a chronic nonfluent aphasia patient after treatment with CPAP and TMS
    Margaret A Naeser
    Department of Neurology, Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Cogn Behav Neurol 23:29-38. 2010
  6. ncbi Carpal tunnel syndrome pain treated with low-level laser and microamperes transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation: A controlled study
    Margaret A Naeser
    Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Psychology Research Service, MA, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:978-88. 2002
  7. ncbi Photobiomodulation of pain in carpal tunnel syndrome: review of seven laser therapy studies
    Margaret A Naeser
    Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02130, USA
    Photomed Laser Surg 24:101-10. 2006
  8. ncbi Improved naming after TMS treatments in a chronic, global aphasia patient--case report
    Margaret A Naeser
    Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA
    Neurocase 11:182-93. 2005
  9. ncbi Overt propositional speech in chronic nonfluent aphasia studied with the dynamic susceptibility contrast fMRI method
    Margaret A Naeser
    Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center and Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Neuroimage 22:29-41. 2004
  10. ncbi Improved picture naming in chronic aphasia after TMS to part of right Broca's area: an open-protocol study
    Margaret A Naeser
    Department of Neurology, Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Brain Lang 93:95-105. 2005

Research Grants

  1. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Speech
    Margaret A Naeser; Fiscal Year: 2010
  2. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Speech
    MARGARET NAESER; Fiscal Year: 2004
  3. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Speech
    MARGARET NAESER; Fiscal Year: 2007
  4. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Speech
    MARGARET NAESER; Fiscal Year: 2009

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Detail Information

Publications17

  1. ncbi Transcranial magnetic stimulation and aphasia rehabilitation
    Margaret A Naeser
    Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 93:S26-34. 2012
    ..In part 3, some possible mechanisms associated with improvement after a series of TMS treatments in stroke patients with aphasia are discussed...
  2. ncbi TMS suppression of right pars triangularis, but not pars opercularis, improves naming in aphasia
    Margaret A Naeser
    V A Boston Healthcare System, Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine, USA
    Brain Lang 119:206-13. 2011
    ..Differential effects following suppression of right PTr versus right POp suggest different functional roles for these regions...
  3. ncbi Improved cognitive function after transcranial, light-emitting diode treatments in chronic, traumatic brain injury: two case reports
    Margaret A Naeser
    VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts
    Photomed Laser Surg 29:351-8. 2011
    ..Two chronic, traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases, where cognition improved following treatment with red and near-infrared light-emitting diodes (LEDs), applied transcranially to forehead and scalp areas, are presented...
  4. ncbi Research with rTMS in the treatment of aphasia
    Margaret A Naeser
    Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and the Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Restor Neurol Neurosci 28:511-29. 2010
    ..Part 4 also addresses some of the possible mechanisms involved with improved naming and speech, following rTMS with nonfluent aphasia patients...
  5. ncbi Improved language in a chronic nonfluent aphasia patient after treatment with CPAP and TMS
    Margaret A Naeser
    Department of Neurology, Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Cogn Behav Neurol 23:29-38. 2010
    ....
  6. ncbi Carpal tunnel syndrome pain treated with low-level laser and microamperes transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation: A controlled study
    Margaret A Naeser
    Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Psychology Research Service, MA, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:978-88. 2002
    ..To investigate whether real or sham low-level laser therapy (LLLT) plus microamperes transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) applied to acupuncture points significantly reduces pain in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)...
  7. ncbi Photobiomodulation of pain in carpal tunnel syndrome: review of seven laser therapy studies
    Margaret A Naeser
    Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02130, USA
    Photomed Laser Surg 24:101-10. 2006
    ..Photoradiation is a promising new, conservative treatment for mild/moderate CTS cases (motor latency < 7 msec; needle EMG, normal). It is cost-effective compared to current treatments...
  8. ncbi Improved naming after TMS treatments in a chronic, global aphasia patient--case report
    Margaret A Naeser
    Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA
    Neurocase 11:182-93. 2005
    ..One year after her TMS treatments, she entered speech therapy with continued improvement. TMS may have modulated activity in the remaining left and right hemisphere neural network for naming...
  9. ncbi Overt propositional speech in chronic nonfluent aphasia studied with the dynamic susceptibility contrast fMRI method
    Margaret A Naeser
    Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center and Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Neuroimage 22:29-41. 2004
    ....
  10. ncbi Improved picture naming in chronic aphasia after TMS to part of right Broca's area: an open-protocol study
    Margaret A Naeser
    Department of Neurology, Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Brain Lang 93:95-105. 2005
    ..This preliminary, open trial suggests that rTMS may provide a novel treatment approach for aphasia by possibly modulating the distributed, bi-hemispheric language network...
  11. ncbi Overt naming in aphasia studied with a functional MRI hemodynamic delay design
    Paula I Martin
    Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02130, USA
    Neuroimage 28:194-204. 2005
    ..This method permitted verification that the patients were cooperating with the task during fMRI. It has application for future fMRI studies of overt speech in aphasia...
  12. ncbi Transcranial magnetic stimulation as a complementary treatment for aphasia
    Paula I Martin
    Boston University School of Medicine and VA Boston Healthcare System, Neuroimaging Aphasia Research, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Aphasia Research and Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA
    Semin Speech Lang 25:181-91. 2004
    ..Following 10 rTMS treatments, significant improvement in naming pictures was observed. This form of rTMS may provide a novel, complementary treatment for aphasia...
  13. ncbi Test-retest reliability of fMRI during nonverbal semantic decisions in moderate-severe nonfluent aphasia patients
    Jacquie Kurland
    Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Behav Neurol 15:87-97. 2004
    ..This study provides fMRI reliability in chronic nonfluent aphasia, and adds to evidence supporting differences in individual cortical reorganization in aphasia recovery...
  14. ncbi Overt naming fMRI pre- and post-TMS: Two nonfluent aphasia patients, with and without improved naming post-TMS
    Paula I Martin
    Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Brain Lang 111:20-35. 2009
    ..The fMRI data of our patient who had good response following TMS support the notion that restoration of the LH language network is linked in part, to better recovery of naming and phrase length in nonfluent aphasia...
  15. ncbi Research with transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of aphasia
    Paula I Martin
    Aphasia Research Center 12 A, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 9:451-8. 2009
    ..The potential role of mirror neurons in the right pars opercularis and ventral premotor cortex in aphasia recovery is discussed...
  16. ncbi Stimulating conversation: enhancement of elicited propositional speech in a patient with chronic non-fluent aphasia following transcranial magnetic stimulation
    Roy H Hamilton
    Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Brain Lang 113:45-50. 2010
    ..These findings suggest that manipulation of the intact contralesional cortex in patients with non-fluent aphasia may result in language benefits that generalize beyond naming to include other aspects of language production...
  17. ncbi Horizontal portion of arcuate fasciculus fibers track to pars opercularis, not pars triangularis, in right and left hemispheres: a DTI study
    Elina Kaplan
    Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and the Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, USA
    Neuroimage 52:436-44. 2010
    ..These results replicate previous studies for the LH, but are new, for the RH. They could contribute to better understanding of recovery in aphasia...

Research Grants8

  1. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Speech
    Margaret A Naeser; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The number of people with aphasia in the U.S. today is estimated to be 1 million;80,000 new cases each year. This research has direct clinical relevance for aphasia patients. ..
  2. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Speech
    MARGARET NAESER; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..The implications could be far reaching regarding optimal treatment in aphasia with potential for combining current language therapies with rTMS to promote maximum recovery of language. ..
  3. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Speech
    MARGARET NAESER; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The number of people with aphasia in the U.S. today is estimated to be 1 million; 80,000 new cases each year. This research has direct clinical relevance for aphasia patients. ..
  4. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Speech
    MARGARET NAESER; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..The number of people with aphasia in the U.S. today is estimated to be 1 million; 80,000 new cases each year. This research has direct clinical relevance for aphasia patients. ..