Apractic agraphia in a patient with normal praxis |
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Authors: | David P Roeltgen Kenneth M Heilman |
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Institution: | 1. University of Florida, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA;2. Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Abstract: | Most right-handed crossed aphasics are not apractic. They usually have agraphia characterized by misspellings but retain the ability to write well-formed graphemes. We describe a right-handed patient with a right parietal lesion who was aphasic and not apractic. He was unable to write any formed graphemes despite a relatively preserved ability to spell aloud. We postulate that praxis and writing are dissociated in this patient because the motor engrams for praxis were located in his left hemisphere and the engrams for writing were in his right hemisphere. In addition, he comprehended commands for limb motor activities (praxis) far better than he comprehended other speech. This suggests that in this patient the areas used to comprehend limb motor commands may be anatomically distinct from areas important in comprehending other aspects of speech. |
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Keywords: | Address for correspondence and reprints: D P Roeltgen M D Department of Medicine/Neurology Milton S Hershey Medical Center Hershey PA 17033 |
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