A Middle-Aged Woman with Logopenic Progressive Aphasia as a Precursor of Alzheimer's Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Stephanie M. Awad, Amer M. Awad

“…Primary progressive aphasia is a neurodegenerative disorder that was recently classified into three types: fluent (semantic), nonfluent, and logopenic. …”
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Access to context-specific lexical-semantic information during discourse tasks differentiates speakers with latent aphasia, mild cognitive impairment, and cognitively healthy adults by Brielle C. Stark, Brielle C. Stark, Sarah Grace Dalton, Alyssa M. Lanzi, Alyssa M. Lanzi

Subjects: “…aphasia…”
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Research trends and hotspots in post-stroke speech rehabilitation: A bibliometric analysis by Nan Huang, Kang Zou, Fang Liu, Zhen Su, Long Chen, Yanbiao Zhong, Yun Luo, Maoyuan Wang, Li Xiao

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Conversational Therapy through Semi-Immersive Virtual Reality Environments for Language Recovery and Psychological Well-Being in Post Stroke Aphasia by A. Giachero, M. Calati, L. Pia, L. La Vista, M. Molo, C. Rugiero, C. Fornaro, P. Marangolo

“…Aphasia is a highly disabling acquired language disorder generally caused by a left-lateralized brain damage. …”
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Protocol for a feasibility study evaluating a supported self-management intervention for stroke survivors with aphasia (StarStep study) by Faye Wray, Madeline Cruice, Ian Kellar, Anne Forster

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Taking Sides: An Integrative Review of the Impact of Laterality and Polarity on Efficacy of Therapeutic Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Anomia in Chronic Poststroke Aphasia by Margaret Sandars, Lauren Cloutman, Anna M. Woollams

“…Anomia is a frequent and persistent symptom of poststroke aphasia, resulting from damage to areas of the brain involved in language production. …”
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Bilingual Language Control and General Purpose Cognitive Control among Individuals with Bilingual Aphasia: Evidence Based on Negative Priming and Flanker Tasks by Tanya Dash, Bhoomika R. Kar

“…The interaction between bilingual language control and general purpose cognitive control systems can also be understood by studying executive control among individuals with bilingual aphasia. Objectives. The current study examined the subcomponents of cognitive control in bilingual aphasia. …”
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Language function improvement and cortical activity alteration using scalp acupuncture coupled with speech-language training in post-stroke aphasia: A randomised controlled study by Bingbing Lin, Jinglei Ni, Xiao Xiong, Lanlan Zhang, Jian Song, Mengxue Wang, Linsong Chai, Yunshi Huang, Jia Huang

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When Stroke Disguises as Dementia: A Case of Missed Cerebral Venous Thrombosis by Tina Moghadam Fard, Mehrnaz Hosseinzadeh, MohammadAli Shokri, Mostafa Almasi‐Dooghaee, Fatemeh Sadat Mirfazeli

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Cognitive and linguistic implications of learning Japanese as foreign language: A case study of a Brazilian aphasic learner by Cinthia Sayuri Misaka, Amanda Cristina de Freitas

Subjects: “…aphasia…”
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Lesion in the path of current flow to target pericavitational and perilesional brain areas: Acute network-level tDCS findings in chronic aphasia using concurrent tDCS/fMRI by Venkatagiri Krishnamurthy, Serena E. Song, Lisa C. Krishnamurthy, Simone Renée Roberts, Joo H. Han, Amy D. Rodriguez, Samir R. Belagaje, Marcus Meinzer, Bruce A. Crosson

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Escala Barcelona para la apraxia bucofonatoria: instrumento de evaluación cuantitativo by N. Montagut, S. Borrego-Écija, J. Herrero, A. Lladó, M. Balasa, E. Muñoz, F. Valldeoriola, R. Sánchez-Valle

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The use of low-density EEG for the classification of PPA and MCI by Panteleimon Chriskos, Panteleimon Chriskos, Kyriaki Neophytou, Christos A. Frantzidis, Christos A. Frantzidis, Jessica Gallegos, Alexandros Afthinos, Chiadi U. Onyike, Argye Hillis, Panagiotis D. Bamidis, Kyrana Tsapkini, Kyrana Tsapkini

Subjects: “…primary progressive aphasia…”
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Accuracy of rating scales for evaluating aphasic patients' psychological aspects and language function: A scoping review protocol. by Yuhei Kodani, Shinsuke Nagami, Satomi Kojima, Shinya Fukunaga, Hikaru Nakamura

“…Aphasia nearly affects half of all poststroke patients. …”
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Clinical Observation on Xingnao Kaiqiao Acupuncture Combined with Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Post-stroke Speech Dysfunction by Zhaojun DAN, Haifeng LI, Xiaokuo HE, Junhua WANG, Zhikang CHEN

“…Both groups received routine medical treatment, the observation group was added with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture while the control group only carried repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation once a day, six times a week for four weeks. The Aphasia Battery in Chinese (ABC) method and the Boston diagnostic aphasia examination (BDAE) were used to assess aphasia degree and clinical curative effect.Results:The ABC and BDAE scores of two groups after treatment were significantly improved compared with those before treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01). …”
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Progressive Dyslexia: Evidence from Hungarian and English by Judit Druks, Jennifer Aydelott, Marios Genethliou, Helen Jacobs, Brendan Weekes

“…We report a patient with non-fluent Primary Progressive Aphasia who was premorbidly literate in two alphabetic scripts, Hungarian (L1) and English (L2). …”
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Aphasic Dystextia as Presenting Feature of Ischemic Stroke in a Pediatric Patient by Arpita Lakhotia, Alok Sachdeva, Supriya Mahajan, Nancy Bass

“…Aphasia is an important presenting symptom of acute stroke. …”
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Familial Hemiplegic Migraine with Severe Attacks: A New Report with ATP1A2 Mutation by E. Martínez, R. Moreno, L. López-Mesonero, I. Vidriales, M. Ruiz, A. L. Guerrero, J. J. Tellería

“…Results. 22-year-old woman was admitted due to migraine-type headache and sudden onset of right-sided weakness and aphasia; she had similar episodes in her childhood. …”
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Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome following Protected Carotid Artery Stenting by Rainer Knur

“…We report a case of a 77-year-old man who developed a complete aphasia and increased right-sided weakness following endovascular treatment of severe occlusive disease of the left internal carotid artery. …”
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A Patient with Difficulty of Object Recognition: Semantic Amnesia for Manipulable Objects by A. Yamadori, Y. Yoneda, H. Yamashita, K. Sugiura

“…Differential diagnosis of agnosia, aphasia and apraxia is discussed. We believe this “object meaning amnesia” constitutes a distinct subtype of semantic amnesia.…”
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