How does dopamine modulate adult new word learning?

卒中是一种随年龄增长患病率增加的慢性病。迫切需要在这一人群中开发更有效的沟通障碍治疗方法。实现这一点的一种方法是将某些药物与语言治疗相结合。通过研究这些药物是如何影响语言的，本研究将为开发治疗成人脑损伤后语言障碍的有效药物提供重要知识。更有效的语言康复可以对中风或脑损伤后重新获得和维持就业和社会关系的能力产生直接的积极影响，并将解决国家面临的巨大且不断增长的社会和经济代价。

Stroke is a chronic disease of increasing prevalence with increasing age. There is a critical need to develop more effective treatments of communication disorders in this population. One way of achieving this is to combine certain drugs with language therapy. Through studying how these drugs influence language, this research will provide vital knowledge for developing effective forms of pharmacotherapy for adults with language disorders after brain injury. More effective language rehabilitation can have direct positive consequences on the ability to regain and maintain employment and social relationships after stroke or brain injury and will address the large and growing social and economic cost to the nation.