title: Aphasia with reported loss of dreaming.
abstract: Seven patients who had become aphasic as a result of acute vascular lesions reported a loss of dreaming. The authors conclude that the dreaming process is affected when the left hemisphere neural systems related to waking language are impaired.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications; D004325:Dreams; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology