Which is responsible for aphasia by subcortical lesions? Subcortical lesions or the cortical hypoperfusion?

This study showed that aphasia to be more common in cases with cortical hypoperfusion in the dominant hemisphere than in cases without hypoperfusion. Our results provide evidence that direct effect of the lesion in the basal ganglia on the development of aphasia is doubtful.PMID:35984244 | DOI:10.1080/01616412.2022.2112369

Source: Neurological Research - August 19, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Ulufer Celebi Mehmet Fevzi Oztekin Nuriye Ozlem Kucuk Source Type: research