Abstract: Aphasia, as one of the common complications of cerebrovascular diseases, showed the rising trend year by year with the increasing of cerebrovascular diseases incidence, and communication difficulties and psychological barriers caused by aphasia had seriously affected the patients' quality of life. Blood oxygen level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD-fMRI) made the brain morphology and function combined perfectly, had became the most widely available functional neuroimaging modality to explore the neuroplastic mechanisms responsible for recovery of language. This review made a summary about the neuroplastic mechanisms responsible for recovery of language

Key words: aphasia, recovery mechanisms, functional magnetic resonance imaging, review