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JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
卷 77, 期 9, 页码 1004-1007出版社
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.086983
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- Medical Research Council [MC_U120064975] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [MC_U120064975] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
- MRC [MC_U120064975] Funding Source: UKRI
Background: The two most common types of acquired reading disorder resulting from damage to the territory of the dominant posterior cerebral artery are hemianopic and pure alexia. Patients with pronounced hemianopic alexia have a right homonymous hemianopia that encroaches into central or parafoveal vision; they read individual words well, but generate inefficient reading saccades when reading along a line of text. Patients with pure alexia also often have a hemianopia but are more disabled, making frequent errors on individual words; they have sustained damage to a brain region that supports efficient word identification. Objective: To investigate the differences in lesion site between hemianopic alexia and pure alexia groups, as rehabilitative techniques differ between the two conditions. Methods: High-resolution magnetic resonance images were obtained from seven patients with hemianopic alexia and from six patients with pure alexia caused by a left occipital stroke. The boundary of each lesion was defined and lesion volumes were then transformed into a standard stereotactic space so that regional comparisons could be made. Results: The two patient groups did not differ in terms of damage to the medial left occipital lobe, but those with pure alexia had additional lateral damage to the posterior fusiform gyrus and adjacent tissue. Conclusions: Clinicians will be able to predict the type of reading disorder patients with left occipital lesions have from simple tests of reading speed and the distribution of damage to the left occipital lobe on brain imaging. This information will aid management decisions, including recommendations for reading rehabilitation.
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