Title

Brain Damage And Cortical Compensation In Foreign Accent Syndrome

Abstract

Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) is a well-known neurological deficit whose underlying cause has remained obscure despite almost a century of study. Combining structural and functional imaging, our studies suggest that FAS represents a compensatory response to impaired motor regulation of speech. We describe a patient who acquired FAS as a result of an ischemic stroke in the left basal ganglia. In addition to this case being exceptionally clean, we were able to confirm a specific lesion location as well as provide strong evidence that impaired motor speech regulation resulted in compensation by other areas of the cortical motor speech network. Copyright © Taylor & Francis Inc.

Publication Date

10-1-2005

Publication Title

Neurocase

Volume

11

Issue

5

Number of Pages

319-324

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/13554790591006302

Socpus ID

27944506515 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/27944506515

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