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Language breakdown in primary progressive aphasias
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2020 Dementias with predominant language involvement, called primary progressive aphasias provide us with unique insight into systematic breakdown of language in neurodegenerative diseases and the structures and networks involved.
Amitabha Ghosh
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Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening, 2022 Neurodegenerative dementia may, in rare cases, initially manifest as isolated language impairments in the absence of other cognitive symptoms. These impairments are often somewhat imprecisely referred to as difficulties with 'word finding'. There are several variants of this form of dementia, each caused by different underlying neuropathologies ...
Torgeir Bruun Wyller +5 more
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Primary progressive aphasia with parkinsonism [PDF]
Movement Disorders, 2013 ABSTRACTA 65‐year‐old man presented with word‐finding difficulty and gait disturbance. His speech was nonfluent with word retrieval impairment and difficulties with sentence repetition. Other cognitive domains were intact initially. He developed asymmetrical bradykinesia, rigidity and a rest tremor.
Doherty, Karen M +4 more
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Treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia [PDF]
Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2015 Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease that primarily affects language functions and often begins in the fifth or sixth decade of life. The devastating effects on work and home life call for the investigation of treatment alternatives.
Donna C, Tippett +2 more
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White matter disease correlates with lexical retrieval deficits in primary progressive aphasia
Frontiers in Neurology, 2013 Objective: To relate fractional anisotropy changes associated with the semantic and logopenic variants of primary progressive aphasia to measures of lexical retrieval.Methods: We collected neuropsychological testing, volumetric MRI, and diffusion ...
John P. Powers +6 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020 Background The Landscape Montage Technique was originally developed by Hisao Nakai, a Japanese psychiatrist, to pursue the possibility and application of a psychotherapeutic approach using drawing for patients with schizophrenia.
Masahiko Takaya +3 more
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Primary Progressive Aphasia and Stroke Aphasia
Continuum, 2018 This article summarizes the clinical and anatomic features of the three named variants of primary progressive aphasia (PPA): semantic variant PPA, nonfluent/agrammatic variant PPA, and logopenic variant PPA. Three stroke aphasia syndromes that resemble the PPA variants (Broca aphasia, Wernicke aphasia, and conduction aphasia) are also presented ...
Murray, Grossman, David J, Irwin
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Visuospatial Functioning in the Primary Progressive Aphasias [PDF]
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2017 Abstract Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify whether the three main primary progressive aphasia (PPA) variants would show differential profiles on measures of visuospatial cognition.
Watson, Christa L +13 more
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Speech disorders in primary progressive aphasia (PPA)
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022 Introduction : Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a group of neurodegenerative disorders whose main feature is speech and language dysfunction. There are three main forms of PPA - non-fluent variant - agrammatic (nfvPPA), semantic variant (svPPA) and ...
Katarzyna Mielniczek +4 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2019 Background: While primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) pathology due to tau or TDP, clinical-pathological studies also demonstrate many cases have Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology.
Catherine Norise +7 more
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