Mutism - Physiopathology
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Cerebellar mutism after spontaneous intratumoral bleeding involving the upper cerebellar vermis: a contribution to the physiopathogenic interpretation.

17 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Transient mutism as a consequence of posterior fossa surgery is a well-known phenomenon. However, it has rarely been reported after focal nonsurgically induced cerebellar damage. CASE REPORT: We describe a 7-year-old child affected by a ... Read more...

A controlled single-case treatment of severe long-term selective mutism in a child with mental retardation.

18 Apr 2008 The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the efficacy of combining two operant learning procedures--shaping and fading--for treating selective mutism. The participant was a 12-year-old boy with mental retardation presenting a severe long-term ... Read more...

Speech and language functions that require a functioning Broca's area.

3 Mar 2008 A number of previous studies have indicated that Broca's area has an important role in understanding and producing syntactically complex sentences and other language functions. If Broca's area is critical for these functions, then either infarction ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mutism - Physiopathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cerebellar mutism after spontaneous intratumoral bleeding involving the upper cerebellar vermis: a contribution to the physiopathogenic interpretation. 17 Sep 2008
• Easing the burden of social anxiety disorder. 30 Aug 2008
• A controlled single-case treatment of severe long-term selective mutism in a child with mental retardation. 18 Apr 2008
• Speech and language functions that require a functioning Broca's area. 3 Mar 2008
• Increased left prefrontal activation during staring/mutism episodes in a patient with resistant catatonic schizophrenia: a near infrared spectroscopy study. 28 Feb 2008
• Acute infantile bilateral striatal necrosis: single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging and review. 29 Sep 2007
• Re: the pathophysiologic mechanism of cerebellar mutism (Ozgur et al. Surg Neurol 2006;66:18-25). 29 Jun 2007
• Postoperative motor speech production in children with the syndrome of 'cerebellar' mutism and subsequent dysarthria: a critical review of the literature. 20 Feb 2007
• Adult cerebellar mutism and cognitive-affective syndrome caused by hemangioblastoma. 30 Dec 2006
• Anatomical correlates of early mutism in progressive nonfluent aphasia. 21 Aug 2006
• Suffering in silence: why a developmental psychopathology perspective on selective mutism is needed. 30 Jul 2006
• The pathophysiologic mechanism of cerebellar mutism. 29 Jun 2006
• Pure mutism due to simultaneous bilateral lenticulostriate artery territory infarction. 30 Mar 2006
• Re: Cerebellar mutism in adults after posterior fossa surgery: a report of 2 cases (Sherman JH et al. Surg Neurol 2005;63:476-9). 30 Mar 2006
• Long-term effects of transient cerebellar mutism after cerebellar astrocytoma or medulloblastoma tumor resection in childhood. 8 Sep 2005
• Cerebellar mutism in adults after posterior fossa surgery: a report of 2 cases. 29 Apr 2005
• Bright red nuclei. 24 Oct 2004
• Reduced auditory efferent activity in childhood selective mutism. 30 May 2004
• Speech rate as a sticky switch: a multiple lesion case analysis of mutism and hyperlalia. 30 Mar 2004
• [Cerebellar mutism syndromes with subsequent dysarthria: a study of three children and a review of the literature] 30 Oct 2003

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Technical information about 'Mutism'

Definition: The inability to generate oral-verbal expression, despite normal comprehension of speech. This may be associated with BRAIN DISEASES or MENTAL DISORDERS. Organic mutism may be associated with damage to the FRONTAL LOBE; BRAIN STEM; THALAMUS; and CEREBELLUM. Selective mutism is a psychological condition that usually affects children characterized by continuous refusal to speak in social situations by a child who is able and willing to speak to selected persons. Kussmal aphasia refers to mutism in psychosis. (From Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 1994; 62(9):337-44)

Descriptor UI: D009155

Alternative terms: Mutism; Mutisms; Selective Mutism; Mutism, Selective; Mutism, Voluntary; Mutisms, Voluntary; Voluntary Mutism; Voluntary Mutisms; Mutism, Elective; Elective Mutism; Elective Mutisms; Mutisms, Elective; Mutism, Organic; Mutisms, Organic; Organic Mutism; Organic Mutisms; Kussmaul Aphasia; Aphasia, Kussmaul; Kussmaul's Aphasia; Aphasia, Kussmaul's; Kussmauls Aphasia; Mutism, Conversion; Conversion Mutism; Conversion Mutisms; Mutisms, Conversion;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.150.500.800.500; C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.500; F03.550.700;

History Note: 1969(1963)