"Aphasia, Wernicke" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Impairment in the comprehension of speech and meaning of words, both spoken and written, and of the meanings conveyed by their grammatical relationships in sentences. It is caused by lesions that primarily affect Wernicke's area, which lies in the posterior perisylvian region of the temporal lobe of the dominant hemisphere. (From Brain & Bannister, Clinical Neurology, 7th ed, p141; Kandel et al., Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p846)
| Descriptor ID |
D001041
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.606.150.500.800.100.166 C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.100.166
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| Concept/Terms |
Aphasia, Wernicke- Aphasia, Wernicke
- Wernicke Aphasia
- Aphasias, Wernicke
- Wernicke Aphasias
- Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke's
- Aphasia, Wernicke's Fluent
- Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke
- Fluent Aphasia, Wernickes
- Wernicke's Fluent Aphasia
- Dysphasia, Wernicke
- Wernicke Dysphasia
- Dysphasia, Wernicke's
- Dysphasia, Wernickes
- Wernicke's Dysphasia
Aphasia, Posterior- Aphasia, Posterior
- Aphasias, Posterior
- Posterior Aphasia
- Posterior Aphasias
Receptive Aphasia- Receptive Aphasia
- Aphasia, Receptive
- Dysphasia, Receptive
- Dysphasias, Receptive
- Receptive Dysphasia
- Receptive Dysphasias
- Sensory Aphasia
- Aphasia, Sensory
- Aphasia, Psychosensory
- Aphasias, Psychosensory
- Psychosensory Aphasia
- Psychosensory Aphasias
- Aphasia, Fluent
- Fluent Aphasia
- Dysphasia, Fluent
- Dysphasias, Fluent
- Fluent Dysphasia
- Fluent Dysphasias
- Dysphasia, Sensory
- Dysphasias, Sensory
- Sensory Dysphasia
- Sensory Dysphasias
Aphasia, Jargon- Aphasia, Jargon
- Aphasias, Jargon
- Jargon Aphasia
- Jargon Aphasias
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aphasia, Wernicke" by people in Profiles.
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The Wernicke conundrum and the anatomy of language comprehension in primary progressive aphasia. Brain. 2015 Aug; 138(Pt 8):2423-37.