Analysis of Acquired Stuttering in a Case of Transcortical Motor Aphasia (TCMA) Following Medial Frontal Lobe Injury.

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  • Tani Tetsuo
    Division of Speech Therapy, Rehabilitation Center, Hidaka Hospital
  • Shimizu Noriko
    Division of Speech Therapy, Rehabilitation Center, Hidaka Hospital
  • Akane Ryo
    Division of Speech Therapy, Rehabilitation Center, Hidaka Hospital
  • Amada Minoru
    Division of Speech Therapy, Rehabilitation Center, Hidaka Hospital
  • Nakagawa Katsutoyo
    ivision of Speech Therapy, Rehabilitation Center, Shirane Clinic

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  • 左前頭葉内側面損傷後超皮質性運動失語を呈した１例におけるａｃｑｕｉｒｅｄ　ｓｔｕｔｔｅｒｉｎｇの分析

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    A 49-year-old right-handed Japanese woman exhibited transcortical motor aphasia associated with cerebral hemorrhage. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lesion involving the medial aspect of the left frontal lobe, part of the anterior cingulate gyrus, and the body of the corpus callosum.<br>    This study was undertaken to investigate the mechanism of speech dysfluency in this case. The subject's speech dysfluency was thought to be stuttering. The stuttering features included aspects of both neurogenic and psychogenic stuttering.<br>    In the present case, the neurogenic stuttering may be caused by (1) neural disconnections between the right and left hemispheres resulting from damage to the body of the corpus callosum, as well as by (2) collapse of the basal ganglia circuits resulting from damage to the prefrontal and pre-supplementary motor areas. We concluded that the neurogenic stuttering may be associated with motor feedback loops from the cortex to the basal ganglia, to the thalamus, and back to the cortex.

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  • Higher Brain Function Research

    Higher Brain Function Research 20 (4), 327-336, 2000

    Japanese Society of Aphasiology (Renamed as Japan Society for Higher Brain Function)

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