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 ...

Imagine gradually losing the ability to express yourself - not because you've forgotten the words, but because they simply won't come out. This is the reality for individuals living with primary ...

The science of aging often speaks of "Alzheimer's disease and other dementias," with the devastating effects of late-onset Alzheimer's and its severe memory loss being the most common and well-known ...

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 ...

Imagine gradually losing the ability to express yourself — not because you've forgotten the words, but because they simply won't come out. This is the reality for individuals living with primary ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Nine months after the former TV host’s diagnoses with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia—which her care team at the time said had already begun to impact Williams' communication ...