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Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
Aphasia - Pathophysiology ... Findings Broca's Aphasia ... - Expressive language ... repetition Wernicke's Aphasia ... - Receptive language
Migraine with Aura
Diagnostic Criteria (ICHD-3):
A) At least 2 attacks fulfilling criteria B and C:
B) One or
Speech and/or language ... : Aphasia/word-finding ... difficulty, Dysphasic language
Neurological Disorders and the Creative Process
Behavior:
 • Obsession and repetition: Frontotemporal Dementia/ Corticobasal degeneration
 • Functional
Obsession and language ... Primary Progressive Aphasia
The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) - Total Score = 0–42
1a—Level of consciousness
sensory loss 9—Best language ... 0 = No aphasia ... Mild-to-moderate aphasia ... 2 = Severe aphasia ... = Mute; global aphasia
Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
left: Broca's aphasia ... Agraphia, Werneke's aphasia ... right: Dressing apraxia ... left: Limb apraxia
Causes of Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fluent - Grammatically correct, but nonsensical, tangential. Phonemic & semantic
Causes of Aphasia ... , Global Aphasia ... , Broca's Aphasia ... Transcortical Aphasia ... #Aphasia #Neurology
Causes of Non-Fluent Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Fluent - Agrammatic, hesitant, but substantive communication
Impaired Repetition
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of Non-Fluent Aphasia ... Comprehension - Global Aphasia ... Transcortical Aphasia ... Transcortical Motor Aphasia ... #NonFluent #Aphasia
Stroke Territory Localization and Blood Vessel Supply
ACA (Anterior Cerebral Artery)
 - Leg weakness/numbness
MCA Superior Divison
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Divison - Broca Aphasia ... Division - Wernicke Aphasia ... numb - Global Aphasia ... arm/leg + global aphasia
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
semantic memory • Aphasia ... incontinence, apraxia
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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motor cortex) • Aphasia ... • Apraxia