Apraxias - Pathology
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Short-patch single-strand break repair in ataxia oculomotor apraxia-1.

30 May 2009 AOA1 (ataxia oculomotor apraxia-1) results from mutations in aprataxin, a component of DNA strand break repair that removes AMP from 5'-termini. In the present article, we provide an overview of this disease and review recent experiments ... Read more...

The neural basis of tool use.

5 Apr 2009 Misuse of tools and objects by patients with left brain damage is generally recognized as a manifestation of apraxia, caused by parietal lobe damage. The use of tools and objects can, however, be subdivided in several components. The purpose of our ... Read more...

[Case report--Crossed aphasia]

30 Jan 2009 A case study of crossed aphasia is presented. A 60-year-old right-handed individual suffered stroke in the right hemisphere leaving him with Broca's aphasia and severe verbal apraxia. A CT scan 3 days after hospitalization showed a new ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Apraxias - Pathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Short-patch single-strand break repair in ataxia oculomotor apraxia-1. 30 May 2009
• Ataxia oculomotor apraxia type 2: course over 27 years and a novel stop mutation in the senataxin gene. 16 Apr 2009
• The neural basis of tool use. 5 Apr 2009
• [Case report--Crossed aphasia] 30 Jan 2009
• Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2: a clinical and genetic study of 19 patients. 9 Jan 2009
• Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome: two new cases and review of the literature. 30 Dec 2008
• A model-based approach to understanding apraxia in Corticobasal Syndrome. 9 Dec 2008
• Scanning your body is different from performing body movements: a double dissociation between body representational neglect and apraxia. 22 Nov 2008
• Update on apraxia. 30 Oct 2008
• Supranuclear pathways for facial movements. 30 Jul 2008
• Identification and characterisation of a large senataxin (SETX) gene duplication in ataxia with ocular apraxia type 2 (AOA2). 27 Jul 2008
• Apraxia and the parietal lobes. 23 Jul 2008
• [Functional imaging insights into the pathophysiology of apraxia.] 29 Jun 2008
• White matter changes in corticobasal degeneration syndrome and correlation with limb apraxia. 30 May 2008
• The disconnection apraxias. 21 May 2008
• Deficient sequencing of pantomimes in apraxia. 9 Mar 2008
• A case of bilateral parietal cortical laminar necrosis with a loss of vertiginous sensation. 23 Feb 2008
• Cognitive approach to the assessment of limb apraxia. 30 Dec 2007
• Simultaneously cooperative, but serially antagonistic: a neuropsychological study of diagonistic dyspraxia in a case of Marchiafava-Bignami disease. 30 Dec 2007
• Purkinje cell loss in the cerebellar flocculus in patients with ataxia with ocular motor apraxia type 1/early-onset ataxia with ocular motor apraxia and hypoalbuminemia. 2 Oct 2007

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Technical information about 'Apraxias'

Definition: A group of cognitive disorders characterized by the inability to perform previously learned skills that cannot be attributed to deficits of motor or sensory function. The two major subtypes of this condition are ideomotor (see APRAXIA, IDEOMOTOR) and ideational apraxia, which refers to loss of the ability to mentally formulate the processes involved with performing an action. For example, dressing apraxia may result from an inability to mentally formulate the act of placing clothes on the body. Apraxias are generally associated with lesions of the dominant PARIETAL LOBE and supramarginal gyrus. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp56-7)

Descriptor UI: D001072

Alternative terms: Apraxias; Dyspraxia; Dyspraxias; Apraxia; Apraxia, Articulatory; Apraxias, Articulatory; Articulatory Apraxia; Articulatory Apraxias; Dyspraxia, Articulatory; Articulatory Dyspraxia; Articulatory Dyspraxias; Dyspraxias, Articulatory; Apraxia, Developmental Verbal; Apraxias, Developmental Verbal; Developmental Verbal Apraxia; Developmental Verbal Apraxias; Verbal Apraxia, Developmental; Verbal Apraxias, Developmental; Apraxia, Facial-Oral; Apraxia, Facial Oral; Apraxias, Facial-Oral; Facial-Oral Apraxia; Facial-Oral Apraxias; Ideational Apraxia; Apraxia, Ideational; Apraxias, Ideational; Ideational Apraxias; Apraxia, Motor; Apraxias, Motor; Motor Apraxia; Motor Apraxias; Apraxia, Oral; Apraxias, Oral; Oral Apraxia; Oral Apraxias; Dyspraxia, Oral; Dyspraxias, Oral; Oral Dyspraxia; Oral Dyspraxias; Apraxia, Verbal; Apraxias, Verbal; Verbal Apraxia; Verbal Apraxias; Dyspraxia, Verbal; Dyspraxias, Verbal; Verbal Dyspraxia; Verbal Dyspraxias; Dressing Apraxia; Apraxia, Dressing; Apraxias, Dressing; Dressing Apraxias; Apraxia of Phonation; Phonation Apraxia; Phonation Apraxias; Apraxia, Gestural; Apraxias, Gestural; Gestural Apraxia; Gestural Apraxias;

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Tree Number: C10.597.606.881.350; C23.888.592.604.080; C23.888.592.604.882.350; F01.700.080; F01.700.875.350;

History Note: 2000(1966)