Apraxia of speech associated with an infarct in the precentral gyrus of the insula.
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.
Nagao
M
M
Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Fuchu, Japan.
Takeda
K
K
Komori
T
T
Isozaki
E
E
Hirai
S
S
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*