Left Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in a Logopenic Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Case Report

Matthieu Bereau , Eloi Magnin (1) , Magali Nicolier , Louis Berthet , Elfried Dariel , Sabrina Ferreira , Géraldine Sylvestre , Julie Monnin , Gilles Chopard , Hatem Bouladour , Pierre Vandel , Emmanuel Haffen

1 UFC - Université de Franche-Comté

High frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (hf-rTMS) improves language skills in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We report the use of hf-rTMS in a patient with logopenic primary progressive aphasia (LPPA) due to AD.

Domains: Cognitive science; Life Sciences [q-bio]

Matthieu Bereau, Eloi Magnin, Magali Nicolier, Louis Berthet, Elfried Dariel, et al.. Left Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in a Logopenic Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Case Report. European Neurology, 2016, 76 (1-2), pp.12-18. ⟨10.1159/000447399⟩. ⟨hal-03630212⟩