(1) We studied the effects of the localisation and size of ischemic brain infarcts and the influence of potential covariates (gender, age, time since infarction, physical handicap, cognitive impairment, aphasia, cortical atrophy and ventricular size) on 'post-stroke depression'.
(2) Patients with severe aphasia or cognitive impairment who could not communicate well enough for the administration of depression rating scales were excluded.
(3) Among these associated neurological features, only aphasia and apraxia were present in mildly demented cases with sufficient frequency to suggest utility as diagnostic signs early in the course of the disease.
(4) Moreover, on the basis of the results of accumulated lesions on 127 cases with various types of aphasia, the highly involved sites were determined as Broca's area, Wernicke's area and conduction area, and the sizes of the lesions in each area were also determined.
(5) We examined a 55-year-old right-handed woman showing transient coma, amnesia, mild right hemiparesis, vertical gaze impairment and aphonia without aphasia.
(6) Hemiplegia and aphasia, when present, usually regressed within a few months.
(7) For fluency (from the Western Aphasia Battery), subcortical structural damage had direct and indirect (through frontal lobe) effects on the behavior.
(8) In eleven cases the aphasia was due to cerebrovascular disease and in the remaining four cases to traumatic injury to the brain.
(9) Of the four primarily cortical deficits assessed, three (visual field abnormalities, neglect, and aphasia) showed a highly significant graded relationship to the cardiac risk groups.
(10) In reviewing the literature, it was found that these patients were similar to those reported with progressive aphasia.
(11) During the technical and clinical work with the PicBox program we have had the reason and possibility to reflect on the relation between aphasia, language and thinking.
(12) The meaning of the emotional reaction shown by left brain-damaged patients seems easy to understand, if we consider that these subjects are affected by aphasia and by a paresis of the right hand.
(13) Broca's aphasia is characterized by disorders on the phonemic, syntactic and lexical level of linguistic description.
(14) We have made a detailed neurolinguistic study of a patient with motor aphasia.
(15) The extent and severity of his global aphasia were unchanged.
(16) The Landau-Kleffner syndrome is a rare form of acquired childhood aphasia associated with convulsive disorder.
(17) Attention is drawn to the existence of this rare form of aphasia and to the lack of appropriate educational facilities for aphasic children in general.
(18) The patient had an episode of aphasia 15 years ago, but recovered within 6 months.
(19) Clinical manifestations may include transient aphasia and weakness of the limbs with pyramidal signs.
(20) We report here the result of neuropsychological evaluation in a case of associative visual agnosia evolving to optic aphasia.
Ataxia
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Ataxy
Example Sentences:
(1) Ketamine alone caused ataxia even in the lowest dose used.
(2) Serum copper concentration also was measured in dams and kids in a control herd that had no history of ataxia.
(3) Then, all had eye movements disturbances and ataxia.
(4) He was unable to walk alone at 2 years of age and developed seizures and intermittent ataxia at 5 years of age.
(5) On admission, neurological examination revealed staggering gait and the right cerebellar ataxia showing dysmetria and dysdiadochokinesis.
(6) The clinical presentation of our family includes amyotrophic changes in some affected family members in addition to ataxia.
(7) The isointensity bands in the ischemic area on T2-weighted images showed the spared transverse fibers originating from the contralateral pontine nuclei, and this may explain the cause of the unilateral ataxia.
(8) Four patients with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia and retinal degeneration underwent neurologic and ophthalmologic examinations and computer-assessed corneal electroretinography.
(9) The results are discussed in terms of the possible induction of radiogenic lesions in DNA by ultraviolet radiations and the possible mechanisms of radiation sensitivity in ataxia-telangiectasia.
(10) This microheterogeneity of serum AFP was studied in seven patients with ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) in order to determine the tissue of origin of their elevated AFP levels.
(11) A cat which developed a change of temperament, with muscle tremors, ataxia and pupillary dilatation was suspected and later confirmed histopathologically to have a spongiform encephalopathy.
(12) A study of lipid metabolism in 14 patients with ataxia-teleangiectasia also demonstrated an increase of lipid content in myelin, free cholesterol, etherconnected cholesterol, triglycerides and diglycerides in the plasma.
(13) The levorotatory form of 5-hydroxytryptophan significantly improved the ataxia score.
(14) The rise in FEP in Friedreich's ataxia correlated well with the age of the individual and thus appears to be related to the course of the disease.
(15) These results indicate that in spite of cerebellar degeneration and ataxia, lurcher mutants are not impaired in all tests measuring motor function.
(16) Both calves had a history of progressive incoordination and ataxia.
(17) The progression of scoliosis was found to be an important tool in the differential diagnosis of ataxias.
(18) Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a progressive neurologic disorder in which there is varied immune dysfunction, an excess sensitivity to ionizing radiation, and a striking predisposition to cancer.
(19) Although some PCD neuropsychological test scores were abnormal, these results could not, in general, be dissociated from the effects of dysarthria and ataxia.
(20) Dose response curves for acute and protracted exposures have been obtained for cells derived from patients with cancer-prone syndromes including ataxia telangiectasia (AT) and Bloom's syndrome.