Foreign accent syndrome caused by a left temporal-parietal ischaemic stroke.

Conclusion: We might suggest that FAS in our patient was induced because of interrupted cortical-subcortical feedback pathways. The phenomenon of subcortical-cortical diaschisis might also have contributed to its clinical manifestation. PMID: 25379897 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Acta Neuropsychiatrica - November 9, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Acta Neuropsychiatr Source Type: research