Aphasia

Context (archaeology)

Cognitive psychology

Stroke recovery

Neuroscience

Extant taxon

Biology

Archaeology

Psychiatry

Neurorehabilitation

Computer science

Evolutionary biology

Cognitive science

Paleontology

Rehabilitation

Psychology

Spontaneous recovery

Artificial intelligence

Intervention (counseling)

Perspective (graphical)

Neuroplasticity

History

Frontiers in Neurology

Researchers have sought to understand how language is processed in the brain, how brain damage affects language abilities, and what can be expected during the recovery period since the early 19th century. In this review, we first discuss mechanisms of damage and plasticity in the post-stroke brain, both in the acute and the chronic phase of recovery. We then review factors that are associated with recovery. First, we review organism intrinsic variables such as age, lesion volume and location and structural integrity that influence language recovery. Next, we review organism extrinsic factors such as treatment that influence language recovery. Here, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of language recovery and highlight recent work that emphasizes a network perspective of language recovery. Finally, we propose our interpretation of the principles of neuroplasticity, originally proposed by Kleim and Jones (1) in the context of extant literature in aphasia recovery and rehabilitation. Ultimately, we encourage researchers to propose sophisticated intervention studies that bring us closer to the goal of providing precision treatment for patients with aphasia and a better understanding of the neural mechanisms that underlie successful neuroplasticity.

Neuroplasticity of Language Networks in Aphasia: Advances, Updates, and Future Challenges