INSULA AND APHASIA

Authors
SHUREN J
Citation
J. Shuren, INSULA AND APHASIA, Journal of neurology, 240(4), 1993, pp. 216-218
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03405354
Volume
240
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
216 - 218
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-5354(1993)240:4<216:IAA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A 59-year-old woman developed impaired speech initiation as the result of a left anterior insular infarct. Findings from this case suggest t hat dominant hemisphere anterior insular lesions impair the speech ini tiation loop.