Purpose: Adults with right hemisphere damage demonstrate differences in connected speech
compared to controls, but systematic, quantitative methods to capture these differences are …

… The various dissociations between frequently impaired language functions have led some
authors to argue that Broca's aphasia is not a theoretically coherent syndrome with a single …

Background: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease that
primarily affects language functions and often begins in the fifth or sixth decade of life. The …

Background: Characterizing productive language deficits following lesions to the right (RH)
or left hemispheres (LH) is valuable in identifying appropriate therapeutic goals. While …

Spelling–a core language skill–is commonly affected in neurological diseases such as stroke
and Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). We present two case studies of the same spelling …

… Elizabeth Hillis Trupe Medical Rehabilitation Center of Maryland, an affiliate of Health South
Rehabilitation Corporation Argye Hillis Section of Biostatistics, Scott and White Memorial …

NIHSS score is higher for left vs. right hemisphere strokes of equal volumes. However,
differences in each vascular territory have not been evaluated yet. We hypothesized that left vs. …

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Introduction Despite a growing emphasis on discourse processing in clinical neuroscience,
relatively little is known about the neurobiology of discourse production impairments. …

For patients with carotid artery stenosis, carotid endarterectomy and carotid angioplasty and
stenting are two methods that are effective in reducing stroke risk. These procedures have …