The impact of apraxia and neglect on early rehabilitation outcome after stroke
Background This study aims to characterize the impact of apraxia and visuospatial neglect on stroke patients’ cognitive and functional outcomes during early rehabilitation.
S. Latarnik +5 more
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Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2: clinical, biological and genotype/phenotype correlation study of a cohort of 90 patients [PDF]
Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2 (AOA2) is an autosomal recessive disease due to mutations in the senataxin gene, causing progressive cerebellar ataxia with peripheral neuropathy, cerebellar atrophy, occasional oculomotor apraxia and elevated alpha ...
Ali-Pacha, L +34 more
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Behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging studies of acquired apraxia of speech [PDF]
A critical examination of speech motor control depends on an in-depth understanding of network connectivity associated with Brodmann areas 44 and 45 and surrounding cortices.
Ballard, Kirrie J. +2 more
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Since the classic papers of Kleist, Mayer Gross, and Critchley, constructional apraxia (CA) has been considered to be a typical sign of a parietal lobe lesion, and as a precious tool to appreciate the spatial abilities subserved by this lobe. However, the development of more sophisticated neuropsychologic models and methods of investigation has ...
Gainotti, Guido, Trojano, Luigi
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Occasional essay: upper motor neuron syndrome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [PDF]
The diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) requires recognition of both lower (LMN) and upper motor neuron (UMN) dysfunction.1 However, classical UMN signs are frequently difficult to identify in ALS.2 LMN involvement is sensitively detected ...
Burke, David +6 more
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Assessment of Nonverbal and Verbal Apraxia in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Objective. To assess the presence of nonverbal and verbal apraxia in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and analyze the correlation between these conditions and patient age, education, duration of disease, and PD stage, as well as evaluate the ...
Monia Presotto +3 more
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Description of interhemispheric disconnection syndrome in a patient with Marchiafava-Bignami disease [PDF]
Interhemispheric disconnection syndrome (IDS), described by Sperry, Gazzaniga and Bogen, is characterized by the presence of visual and tactile anomia, absence of interhemispheric transference of unilateral somatosensory stimulation of both hands ...
Gómez, Pablo Guillermo +3 more
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THE REPRESENTATION OF OBJECTS IN APRAXIA: FROM ACTION EXECUTION TO ERROR AWARENESS
Apraxia is a well-known syndrome characterized by the sufferer’s inability to perform routine gestures. In an attempt to understand the syndrome better, various different theories have been developed and a number of classifications of different subtypes ...
LOREDANA eCANZANO +8 more
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The Kantian Roots of Merleau-Ponty's Account of Pathology [PDF]
One of the more striking aspects of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception (1945) is his use of psychological case studies in pathology.
Matherne, Samantha
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The still under-investigated role of cognitive deficits in PML diagnosis [PDF]
Background: Despite cognitive deficits frequently represent the first clinical manifestations of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) in Natalizumab-treated MS patients, the importance of cognitive deficits in PML diagnosis is still under ...
Amato, Maria Pia +49 more
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