Examples of aphasia in the following topics:
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- Examples of well-known aphasia subtypes are Broca's aphasia, also called expressive aphasia, and Wernicke's aphasia, also called receptive aphasia.
- Acute aphasia disorders usually develop quickly as a result of head injury or stroke, and progressive forms of aphasia develop slowly in cases of brain tumors, infection, or dementia.
- Individuals with expressive aphasia (also called Broca's aphasia) have lesions to the medial insular cortex.
- In contrast to expressive aphasia, damage to the temporal lobe may result in a fluent aphasia that is called receptive aphasia (also known as sensory aphasia and Wernicke's aphasia).
- Anomic aphasia, also known as anomia, is a difficulty with naming.
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- Damage
to the Broca's area results in expressive aphasia (non-fluent aphasia) while
damage to Wernicke's area results in receptive aphasia.
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- As the disorder progresses, cognitive (intellectual) impairment extends to the domains of language (aphasia), skilled movements (apraxia), recognition (agnosia), and those functions (such as decision-making and planning) closely related to the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain as they become disconnected from the limbic system, reflecting extension of the underlying pathological process.
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