Exam 1 - CN (subcortical & unusual aphasias) Flashcards
general layers of the brain
- cortex (grey matter)
- white matter
- basal ganglia & thalamus
- brainstem
extrathalamic
basal ganglia
thalamic
thalamus
relay center
thalamus
specific basal ganglia structures
- caudate nucleus
- internal capsule
- globus pallidus
- putamen
- corpus striatum
- substantia nigra
- lentiform nucleus
- red nucleus claustrum
- amygdala
general location of basal ganglia
between cortex & brainstem
function of basal ganglia
regulating motor function & muscle tone
general location of thalamus:
sits on top of brainstem
function of thalamus
integrates info from all of the senses, except smell & sends info to the cortex
subcortical regions
- basal ganglia
- thalamus
extrathalamic damage
(basal ganglia)
1. Parkinson’s disease
2. Huntington’s disease
thalamic damage
thalamic syndrome
mortality rate is high with damage to this region
thalamic
thalamic syndrome
increased or decreased threshold for sensation, somatosensory issues (touch temp pain)
left side subcortical lesions: white matter only
usually not an aphasia
left side subcortical lesions: basal ganglia only
damage must be extensive to produce an aphasia
left side subcortical lesions: basal ganglia + white matter
when aphasia like symptoms are typically observed
most common left side subcortical lesions
basal ganglia + white matter
basal ganglia + white matter damage
- anterior syndrome
- posterior syndrome
anterior syndrome
basal ganglia + white matter
1. can be confused with broca’s/TCM
- hemiplegia
- slow, dysarthric speech w/ good phrase length & prosody
- good comprehension
- good repetition
- poor oral reading
- poor writing
- poor naming
anterior syndrome
- hemiplegia
- fluent speech w/out dysarthria
- poor comprehension
- good single word but poor sentence repetition
- poor naming
- poor reading & writing
posterior syndrome
posterior syndrome
basal ganglia + white matter
can be confused with wernicke’s/TCS
left side subcortical lesion: thalamic
sometimes confused with TCS aphasia
- hemiplegia
- hemisensory loss
- alteration in level of consciousness
- right visual field defect
- initial mutism, but improve to be verbose
- paraphasias, usually semantic
- hypophonic jargon output
- severe anomia
- good comprehension
- logorrhea
- reduced spontaneous meaningful, verbal output
- preserved repetition
thalamic lesion
hypophonic
talking quietly
hemiplegia is more severe with
subcortical aphasia bc of the role w/ the basal ganglia
motor neuron pathways run next to the
thalamus
dysarthria is more frequent with
subcortical lesions
mutism occurs more frequently with
subcortical lesions (most frequently seen with thalamic lesions)