Aprosodia and prosoplegia with right frontal neurodegeneration.

TitleAprosodia and prosoplegia with right frontal neurodegeneration.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsBateman JR, Filley CM, Ross ED, Bettcher BM, H Hubbard I, Babiak M, Pressman PS
JournalNeurocase
Volume25
Issue5
Pagination187-194
Date Published2019 10
ISSN1465-3656
KeywordsApraxias, Facial Expression, Frontal Lobe, Functional Laterality, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Speech Disorders, Temporal Lobe
Abstract

Affective prosody and facial expression are essential components of human communication. Aprosodic syndromes are associated with focal right cerebral lesions that impair the affective-prosodic aspects of language, but are rarely identified because affective prosody is not routinely assessed by clinicians. Inability to produce emotional faces (affective prosoplegia) is a related and important aspect of affective communication has overlapping neuroanatomic substrates with affective prosody. We describe a patient with progressive aprosodia and prosoplegia who had right greater than left perisylvian and temporal atrophy with an anterior predominance. We discuss the importance of assessing affective prosody and facial expression to arrive at an accurate clinical diagnosis.

DOI10.1080/13554794.2019.1646291
Alternate JournalNeurocase
PubMed ID31335278
Grant ListP30 AG049638 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States