title: Apraxia of speech associated with an infarct in the precentral gyrus of the insula.
abstract: It has been postulated that the precentral gyrus in the left insula is responsible for co-ordination of speech. We report a patient with this disturbance who showed an acute infarct limited to this region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Fuchu, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isozaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001072:Apraxias / Q000209:etiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology*