For the first time, Northwestern Medicine scientists have pinpointed the location of dysfunctional brain networks that lead to impaired sentence production and word finding in primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a form of ...
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Scientists might have found an early detection method for some forms of dementia, according to new research by the University of Arizona and the University of Toronto's Baycrest Health Sciences Centre.
May 13, 2019
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A mysterious brain disorder can be confused with early Alzheimer's disease although it isn't robbing patients of their memories but of the words to talk about them.
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Aphasia is a disorder that affects a person's ability to retrieve language. It's as if their brain's word cabinet has fallen over and mixed their words around, resulting in varying levels and forms of impairment, including ...
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Primary progressive aphasia is a neurological condition that causes a gradual decline in language abilities. There is no cure or medication that can reverse or stop the progression of PPA. The standard practice in the clinical ...
Apr 21, 2025
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For people living with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a rare, early-onset neurodegenerative dementia that predominantly affects language abilities, something as simple as ordering their favorite meal at a drive-thru can ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Around 57 million people worldwide have dementia. While most cases of dementia are diagnosed in older adults, about 7% of cases occur in people under 65. This number may be even higher as young-onset dementia continues to ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Electroencephalography (EEG) may offer a more accessible alternative to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for guiding transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) when treating aphasia. Researchers from the Institute ...
Feb 6, 2025
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An international team of researchers, including scientists from the HSE Centre for Language and Brain, has identified the causes of impairments in expressing grammatical tense in people with aphasia. They discovered that ...
Jan 10, 2025
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Imagine gradually losing the ability to express yourself—not because you've forgotten the words, but because they simply won't come out. This is the reality for individuals living with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), ...
Nov 26, 2024
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