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Aphasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Expressive aphasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Expressive (motor, nonfluent, or Broca's) aphasia: The ability to create words is impaired, but comprehension and ability to conceptualize are relatively preserved. It is due to a disorder that affects the dominant left frontal or frontoparietal area, including Broca's area. ... Symptoms and Signs...
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Stroke injury to Broca's area results in Broca's aphasia (a.k.a. expressive aphasia, motor aphasia, and nonfluent aphasia) in which the patient struggles to form clear sentences, often communicating one word at a time. ... Risk Factors, Symptoms, and Treatment for Stroke...
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motor aphasia Broca's or nonfluent aphasia; that in which the ability to speak and write is impaired, due to a lesion in the insula and surrounding operculum. ... expressive aphasia motor a. ... Pronounced neurologic symptoms with expressive aphasia, impaired coordination, and confusion were demonstrated.
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People with Broca’s aphasia often have right-sided weakness or paralysis of the arm and leg because the frontal lobe is also important for motor movements. ... Scientists are attempting to reveal the underlying problems that cause certain symptoms of aphasia. The goal is to understand how injury to a particular part of...
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Thus, other names for this disorder are 'expressive' and 'motor' aphasia. Depending on the severity of the lesion to Broca's area, the symptoms can range from the mildest type (cortical dysarthria) with intact comprehension and the ability to communicate through writing to a complete loss of speaking out loud.
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