High tCr and low glutamate+glutamine (Glx) metabolite levels in the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) correlate with greater PPA disease severity. Brain tCr levels varied among PPA subtypes; tCr ...

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) may augment standard language therapy to help slow the progression of primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a neurodegenerative disorder that erodes communication.

A University of Houston researcher found that recording brain activity while a person listens to a story may help diagnose primary progressive aphasia, a rare neurodegenerative syndrome that impairs ...

Difficulty finding words or the habit of substituting them with others that are similar semantically – such as knife and cutter – or phonologically – such as knife and wife – are usually the first ...

A new study shows that specific speech and hearing tests can identify primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a rare type of dementia affecting language, at earlier stages when treatment would be most ...

Dear Dr Roach: My husband will be 80 in a couple of months. He is experiencing what I fear is primary progressive aphasia (PPA). He will not agree to get tested. Five years ago, a neuropsychiatrist ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...

Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, ...