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Jargonagraphia in Kanji and Kana in a Japanese crossed Wernicke's aphasic. 1994

N Ihori, and T Kashiwagi, and A Kashiwagi, and H Tanabe

Kyoritsu Rehabilitation Hospital, Kawanishi, Japan.

A right-handed Japanese crossed Wernicke's aphasic showed complete neologistic jargonagraphia in kanji and kana with anosognosia of his writing deficits. Prominent jargonagraphia in kanji is quite rare and has not been previously described in the literature. Marked dissociation between speaking and writing during the course suggested that his jargonagraphia might be unique to crossed aphasia. His condition was interpreted for the main part by Yokoyama, Okubo, Doseki, and Yamadori's hypothesis (1981) that free-running on of motor engrams of characters stored in the left hemisphere caused jargonagraphia in crossed aphasia. This case of jargonagraphia in kanji suggests that this hypothesis should be supplemented by the following points: (1) in kanji, not necessarily a character as a whole, but radicals or parts of radicals, function as motor units, which may be released to produce jargonagraphia in kanji; (2) free-running on of visual images as well as of kinesthetic images should be considered especially in written jargon in kanji.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007839	Functional Laterality	Behavioral manifestations of cerebral dominance in which there is preferential use and superior functioning of either the left or the right side, as in the preferred use of the right hand or right foot.	Ambidexterity,Behavioral Laterality,Handedness,Laterality of Motor Control,Mirror Writing,Laterality, Behavioral,Laterality, Functional,Mirror Writings,Motor Control Laterality,Writing, Mirror,Writings, Mirror
D008297	Male		Males
D009483	Neuropsychological Tests	Tests designed to assess neurological function associated with certain behaviors. They are used in diagnosing brain dysfunction or damage and central nervous system disorders or injury.	Aphasia Tests,Cognitive Test,Cognitive Testing,Cognitive Tests,Memory for Designs Test,Neuropsychological Testing,AX-CPT,Behavioral Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome,CANTAB,Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery,Clock Test,Cognitive Function Scanner,Continuous Performance Task,Controlled Oral Word Association Test,Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System,Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment,Hooper Visual Organization Test,NEPSY,Neuropsychologic Tests,Neuropsychological Test,Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test,Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status,Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure,Symbol Digit Modalities Test,Test of Everyday Attention,Test, Neuropsychological,Tests, Neuropsychological,Tower of London Test,Neuropsychologic Test,Test, Cognitive,Testing, Cognitive,Testing, Neuropsychological,Tests, Cognitive
D001921	Brain	The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.	Encephalon
D002561	Cerebrovascular Disorders	A spectrum of pathological conditions of impaired blood flow in the brain. They can involve vessels (ARTERIES or VEINS) in the CEREBRUM, the CEREBELLUM, and the BRAIN STEM. Major categories include INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; and others.	Brain Vascular Disorders,Intracranial Vascular Disorders,Vascular Diseases, Intracranial,Cerebrovascular Diseases,Cerebrovascular Insufficiency,Cerebrovascular Occlusion,Brain Vascular Disorder,Cerebrovascular Disease,Cerebrovascular Disorder,Cerebrovascular Insufficiencies,Cerebrovascular Occlusions,Disease, Cerebrovascular,Diseases, Cerebrovascular,Insufficiencies, Cerebrovascular,Insufficiency, Cerebrovascular,Intracranial Vascular Disease,Intracranial Vascular Diseases,Intracranial Vascular Disorder,Occlusion, Cerebrovascular,Occlusions, Cerebrovascular,Vascular Disease, Intracranial,Vascular Disorder, Brain,Vascular Disorder, Intracranial,Vascular Disorders, Brain,Vascular Disorders, Intracranial
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000203	Activities of Daily Living	The performance of the basic activities of self care, such as dressing, ambulation, or eating.	ADL,Chronic Limitation of Activity,Limitation of Activity, Chronic,Activities, Daily Living,Activity, Daily Living,Daily Living Activities,Daily Living Activity,Living Activities, Daily,Living Activity, Daily
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000381	Agraphia	Loss or impairment of the ability to write (letters, syllables, words, or phrases) due to an injury to a specific cerebral area or occasionally due to emotional factors. This condition rarely occurs in isolation, and often accompanies APHASIA. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p485; APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)	Dysgraphia,Pure Agraphia,Acquired Agraphia,Acquired Dysgraphia,Constructional Agraphia,Developmental Agraphia,Developmental Dysgraphia,Acquired Agraphias,Acquired Dysgraphias,Agraphia, Acquired,Agraphia, Constructional,Agraphia, Developmental,Agraphia, Pure,Agraphias,Agraphias, Acquired,Agraphias, Constructional,Agraphias, Developmental,Agraphias, Pure,Constructional Agraphias,Developmental Agraphias,Developmental Dysgraphias,Dysgraphia, Acquired,Dysgraphia, Developmental,Dysgraphias,Dysgraphias, Acquired,Dysgraphias, Developmental,Pure Agraphias
D001041	Aphasia, Wernicke	Impairment in the comprehension of speech and meaning of words, both spoken and written, and of the meanings conveyed by their grammatical relationships in sentences. It is caused by lesions that primarily affect Wernicke's area, which lies in the posterior perisylvian region of the temporal lobe of the dominant hemisphere. (From Brain & Bannister, Clinical Neurology, 7th ed, p141; Kandel et al., Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p846)	Dysphasia, Wernicke,Receptive Aphasia,Sensory Aphasia,Wernicke Aphasia,Aphasia, Fluent,Aphasia, Jargon,Aphasia, Posterior,Aphasia, Psychosensory,Dysphasia, Fluent,Dysphasia, Receptive,Dysphasia, Sensory,Dysphasia, Wernicke's,Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke's,Aphasia, Receptive,Aphasia, Sensory,Aphasia, Wernicke's Fluent,Aphasias, Jargon,Aphasias, Posterior,Aphasias, Psychosensory,Aphasias, Wernicke,Dysphasia, Wernickes,Dysphasias, Fluent,Dysphasias, Receptive,Dysphasias, Sensory,Fluent Aphasia,Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke,Fluent Aphasia, Wernickes,Fluent Dysphasia,Fluent Dysphasias,Jargon Aphasia,Jargon Aphasias,Posterior Aphasia,Posterior Aphasias,Psychosensory Aphasia,Psychosensory Aphasias,Receptive Dysphasia,Receptive Dysphasias,Sensory Dysphasia,Sensory Dysphasias,Wernicke Aphasias,Wernicke Dysphasia,Wernicke's Dysphasia,Wernicke's Fluent Aphasia