Biomaterial Database

Braille alexia: an apperceptive tactile agnosia? 2007

Andrew J Larner

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D001766	Blindness	The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC CHIASM diseases; or BRAIN DISEASES affecting the VISUAL PATHWAYS or OCCIPITAL LOBE.	Amaurosis,Bilateral Blindness,Blindness, Bilateral,Blindness, Legal,Blindness, Monocular,Blindness, Unilateral,Sudden Visual Loss,Unilateral Blindness,Blindness, Acquired,Blindness, Complete,Blindness, Hysterical,Blindness, Transient,Acquired Blindness,Amauroses,Bilateral Blindnesses,Complete Blindness,Hysterical Blindness,Legal Blindness,Monocular Blindness,Sudden Visual Losses,Transient Blindness,Visual Loss, Sudden
D004410	Dyslexia	A cognitive disorder characterized by an impaired ability to comprehend written and printed words or phrases despite intact vision. This condition may be developmental or acquired. Developmental dyslexia is marked by reading achievement that falls substantially below that expected given the individual's chronological age, measured intelligence, and age-appropriate education. The disturbance in reading significantly interferes with academic achievement or with activities of daily living that require reading skills. (From DSM-IV)	Alexia,Dyslexia, Developmental,Reading Disability, Developmental,Reading Disorder,Reading Disorder, Developmental,Developmental Reading Disorder,Word Blindness,Alexias,Blindness, Word,Blindnesses, Word,Developmental Dyslexia,Developmental Dyslexias,Developmental Reading Disabilities,Developmental Reading Disability,Developmental Reading Disorders,Disabilities, Developmental Reading,Disability, Developmental Reading,Disorder, Developmental Reading,Disorder, Reading,Disorders, Developmental Reading,Disorders, Reading,Dyslexias,Dyslexias, Developmental,Reading Disabilities, Developmental,Reading Disorders,Reading Disorders, Developmental,Word Blindnesses
D005260	Female		Females
D005385	Fingers	Four or five slender jointed digits in humans and primates, attached to each HAND.	Finger
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000377	Agnosia	Loss of the ability to comprehend the meaning or recognize the importance of various forms of stimulation that cannot be attributed to impairment of a primary sensory modality. Tactile agnosia is characterized by an inability to perceive the shape and nature of an object by touch alone, despite unimpaired sensation to light touch, position, and other primary sensory modalities.	Auditory Agnosia,Finger Agnosia,Sensory Agnosia,Tactile Agnosia,Visual Agnosia,Agnosia for Pain,Agnosia for Smell,Agnosia for Taste,Agnosia for Temperature,Anosognosia,Auditory Agnosia, Congenital,Body-Image Agnosia,Congenital Auditory Agnosia,Developmental Agnosia,Gustatory Agnosia,Ideational Agnosia,Olfactory Agnosia,Position Agnosia,Somatosensory Agnosia,Time Agnosia,Topographical Agnosia,Visual Agnosia for Objects,Visual Disorientation Syndrome,Visuospatial Agnosia,Agnosia for Tastes,Agnosia, Auditory,Agnosia, Body-Image,Agnosia, Congenital Auditory,Agnosia, Developmental,Agnosia, Finger,Agnosia, Gustatory,Agnosia, Ideational,Agnosia, Olfactory,Agnosia, Position,Agnosia, Sensory,Agnosia, Somatosensory,Agnosia, Tactile,Agnosia, Time,Agnosia, Topographical,Agnosia, Visual,Agnosia, Visuospatial,Agnosias,Agnosias, Auditory,Agnosias, Body-Image,Agnosias, Congenital Auditory,Agnosias, Developmental,Agnosias, Finger,Agnosias, Ideational,Agnosias, Olfactory,Agnosias, Position,Agnosias, Sensory,Agnosias, Somatosensory,Agnosias, Tactile,Agnosias, Time,Agnosias, Topographical,Agnosias, Visual,Agnosias, Visuospatial,Anosognosias,Auditory Agnosias,Auditory Agnosias, Congenital,Body Image Agnosia,Body-Image Agnosias,Congenital Auditory Agnosias,Developmental Agnosias,Finger Agnosias,Ideational Agnosias,Olfactory Agnosias,Position Agnosias,Sensory Agnosias,Somatosensory Agnosias,Syndrome, Visual Disorientation,Syndromes, Visual Disorientation,Tactile Agnosias,Time Agnosias,Topographical Agnosias,Visual Agnosias,Visual Disorientation Syndromes,Visuospatial Agnosias
D014110	Touch	Sensation of making physical contact with objects, animate or inanimate. Tactile stimuli are detected by MECHANORECEPTORS in the skin and mucous membranes.	Tactile Sense,Sense of Touch,Taction,Sense, Tactile,Senses, Tactile,Tactile Senses,Tactions,Touch Sense,Touch Senses