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Recurrent Alternating Homonymous Hemianopia Due to Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy with Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) (P4.260)
CONCLUSIONS: We describe a unique phenomenon of recurrent alternating homonymous hemianopia in MELAS, which should prompt consideration of this diagnosis.Disclosure: Dr. Krysko has nothing to disclose. Dr. Arun has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Krysko, K., Arun, S. Tags: Neuro-ophthalmology/Neuro-otology Source Type: research

Overrepresentation of isolated verbal repetition deficits in aphasic males with stroke: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis (P4.211)
Conclusions:Chronic isolated repetition deficits are more prevalent in men than in women. This finding is clinically relevant because of repetition’s role in language acquisition and recovery, being a main mechanism by which children learn to speak and a major resource in language rehabilitation techniques.Disclosure: Dr. Pertierra has nothing to disclose. Dr. Torres Prioris has nothing to disclose. Dr. Dávila has nothing to disclose. Dr. Allegri has nothing to disclose. Dr. Berthier has received personal compensation for activities with Pfizer/Eisai, Merz, Lundbeck, GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Novartis and Ja...
Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Pertierra, L., Prioris, M. J. T., Davila, M. G., Allegri, R., Torres, M. B. Tags: Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology: Language Source Type: research

Aphemia: A rare presentation of an acute infarct (P3.277)
Conclusions:Aphemia, or apraxia of speech, is a rare presentation of dominant inferior frontal gyrus infarction. Aphemia is primarily a disorder of articulation, whereas aphasia is a disorder of language. This patient lost her ability to produce speech but was able to comprehend and write fluently. Her deficit did not fit a classic aphasia pattern but rather represented an inability to voluntarily control her oral muscles, resulting in a transient apraxia of the muscles of articulation, chewing, and deglutition. Very few cases of acute aphemia due to stroke are described, all localized to the dominant inferior frontal gyru...
Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Stachyra, J., Davalos-Balderas, A., Lee, J., Kass, J. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease Case Reports II Source Type: research

The Feeling That 'I Can Say It in My Head' Predicts Word-by-Word Success in Subsequent Aphasia Treatment. (P2.118)
CONCLUSIONS: In one individual, self-reported internal naming predicted success and rate of learning on a word-by-word basis during speech therapy for anomia. This suggests that claims of inner speech may be more reliable than previously appreciated, and may also be clinically relevant. These self-reports could improve accuracy of prognosis, or potentially be used to guide treatment on a word-by-word basis.Disclosure: Dr. Hayward has nothing to disclose. Dr. Sullivan has nothing to disclose. Dr. Snider has nothing to disclose. Dr. Lacey has nothing to disclose. Dr. Friedman has nothing to disclose. Dr. Turkeltaub has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Hayward, W., Sullivan, K., Snider, S., Lacey, E., Friedman, R., Turkeltaub, P. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology: Behavioral, Cognitive, and Miscellaneous Source Type: research