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FDG PET and MRI in logopenic primary progressive aphasia versus dementia of the Alzheimer's type. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia is an atypical clinical variant of Alzheimer's disease which is typically characterized by left temporoparietal atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging and hypometabolism on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose ...
Ajay Madhavan, Jennifer L Whitwell, Stephen D Weigand, Joseph R Duffy, Edythe A Strand, Mary M Machulda, Nirubol Tosakulwong, Matthew L Senjem, Jeffrey L Gunter, Val J Lowe, Ronald C Petersen, Clifford R Jack, Keith A Josephs   +12 more
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A Middle-Aged Woman with Logopenic Progressive Aphasia as a Precursor of Alzheimer's Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2011
Primary progressive aphasia is a neurodegenerative disorder that was recently classified into three types: fluent (semantic), nonfluent, and logopenic.
Stephanie M. Awad, Amer M. Awad
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Speech deterioration in an English-Shanghainese Speaker with Logopenic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
Background and Purpose There are three forms of Primary Progressive Aphasia: nonfluent/agrammatic, semantic, and Logopenic (PPA-LV). Differential diagnosis of PPA requires multiple sources of information including assessment of connected speech ...
Gail Ramsberger, Anthony Pak Hin Kong, Lise Menn   +2 more
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Effectiveness of rTMS on Working Memory and Inhibitory Impairments in Patients With Post‐Stroke Executive Deficits

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Considerable efforts have been dedicated to developing effective treatments for post‐stroke executive impairment (PSEI), among which repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has shown great potential. This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of high‐frequency rTMS on working memory (WM) and response ...
Mengting Lao, Rongwei Du, Zhujun Wang, Yang Gao, Meiling Cheng, Xianglong Wang, Wen Wu   +6 more
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Problematic Internet Use in Frontotemporal Dementia: A Case Series

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study investigated problematic internet use (PIU) among 61 patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) compared to a cohort of 354 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's dementia. PIU was identified in 22.9% of FTD patients compared to only 0.8% of AD patients (p < 0.001). Behaviors included compulsive social
Daniele Urso, Giuseppe Volpe, Agnese Valguarnera, Davide Vilella, Alessandra Vitulli, Valentina Gnoni, Alessia Giugno, Eleonora Rollo, Mark D. Griffiths, Giancarlo Logroscino   +9 more
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Spelling Intervention in Post-Stroke Aphasia and Primary Progressive Aphasia

Behavioural Neurology, 2013
Spelling–a core language skill–is commonly affected in neurological diseases such as stroke and Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). We present two case studies of the same spelling therapy (learning of phoneme-to-grapheme correspondences with help from ...
Kyrana Tsapkini, Argye E. Hillis
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A 57‐Year‐Old Male With Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia and MATR3 and NOS3 Mutations

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This report presents a case of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia caused by mutations in the MATR3 and NOS3 genes, aiming to analyze its clinical manifestations and genetic characteristics. For a case presenting with personality changes and gait abnormalities as the initial symptoms, this study conducted a comprehensive analysis of its
Feifei Lin, Saie Huang
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Comparing Individuals With PPA to Individuals With AD: Cognitive and Linguistic Profiles

Frontiers in Communication, 2022
Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is a degenerative condition characterized by the progressive loss of language function. In PPA, aphasia is the most prominent deficit at onset.
Nomiki Karpathiou, Nomiki Karpathiou, Maria Kambanaros   +2 more
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Agnosia for accents in primary progressive aphasia

Neuropsychologia, 2013
As an example of complex auditory signal processing, the analysis of accented speech is potentially vulnerable in the progressive aphasias. However, the brain basis of accent processing and the effects of neurodegenerative disease on this processing are not well understood.
Fletcher, PD, Downey, LE, Agustus, JL, Hailstone, JC, Tyndall, MH, Cifelli, A, Schott, JM, Warrington, EK, Warren, JD   +8 more
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Primary Progressive Aphasia: Variants and Main Language Domains [PDF]

Анналы клинической и экспериментальной неврологии
Language is one of the higher brain functions and the primary method of communication, so it plays a key role in human social functioning. Primary progressive aphasia, as a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disease with a clinical predominance of ...
Diliara R. Akhmadullina, Ekaterina Y. Fedotova   +1 more
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