Reprint

Advances in Primary Progressive Aphasia

Edited by
June 2022
206 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-4408-3 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-4407-6 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Advances in Primary Progressive Aphasia that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Computer Science & Mathematics
Medicine & Pharmacology
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary

Primary progressive aphasia is a clinical syndrome that includes a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by progressive language impairment. Our knowledge about this disorder has evolved significantly in recent years. Notably, correlations between clinical findings and pathology have improved, and main clinical, neuroimaging, and genetic features have been described. Furthermore, primary progressive aphasia is a good model for the study of brain–behavior relationships, and has contributed to the knowledge of the neural basis of language functioning. However, there are many open questions remaining. For instance, classification into three variants (non-fluent, semantic, and logopenic) is under debate; further data about epidemiology and natural history of the diseases are needed; and, as in other neurodegenerative disorders, successful therapies are lacking.

The Guest Editors expect that this book can be very useful for scholars.

Format
  • Hardback
License
© by the authors
Keywords
primary progressive aphasia; informativeness; speech production; primary progressive aphasia; assessment; diagnosis; cognitive approach; dementia; primary progressive aphasia; frontotemporal dementia; Alzheimer’s disease; neuropsychology; span; sentence repetition; working memory; phonological; visuospatial; primary progressive aphasia; natural history; mortality; survival; memory clinic; primary progressive aphasia; Alzheimer’s disease; graphical markers; graphical parameters; writing pressure; differential diagnosis; primary progressive aphasia; natural history; longitudinal assessment; cognitive changes; behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia; level of functioning; electroencephalography; resting-state; primary progressive aphasia; biomarkers machine learning; K-Nearest Neighbors; frontotemporal dementia; Alzheimer’s disease; graph theory; primary progressive aphasia; treatment; speech and language therapy; intervention; cognitive rehabilitation; bilingualism; primary progressive aphasia; treatment; intervention; semantic dementia; semantic variant primary progressive aphasia; word finding; frontotemporal dementia; language therapy; behavioural therapy; electroencephalography (EEG); network analysis; graph theory; primary progressive aphasia; progressive apraxia of speech; n/a