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 ...

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 ...

Alzheimer’s disease dominates public awareness of dementia, but it is far from the only form. Vascular and less typical ...

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 ...

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.

Primary progressive aphasia is a neurological condition that causes a gradual decline in language abilities. There is no cure or medication that can reverse or stop the progression of PPA. The ...

Primary progressive aphasia is a neurological condition that causes a gradual decline in language abilities. There is no cure or medication that can reverse or stop the progression of PPA. The ...

Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid-led research reports that intermittent theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) paired with language therapy over six months was associated with ...

Dementia often begins with subtle changes long before obvious memory loss appears. Experts say the earliest signs can include ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — accounting for 60 to 80% of cases in the US. As such, it is easy to forget that there are other types of neurodegenerative disorders. While ...