Aphasia, Wernicke
Synonyms
Aphasia, Fluent
Aphasia, Jargon
Aphasia, Posterior
Aphasia, Psychosensory
Aphasia, Receptive
Aphasia, Sensory
Aphasia, Wernicke's Fluent
Aphasias, Jargon
Aphasias, Posterior
Aphasias, Psychosensory
Aphasias, Wernicke
Dysphasia, Fluent
Dysphasia, Receptive
Dysphasia, Sensory
Dysphasia, Wernicke
Dysphasia, Wernicke's
Dysphasia, Wernickes
Dysphasias, Fluent
Dysphasias, Receptive
Dysphasias, Sensory
Fluent Aphasia
Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke
Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke's
Fluent Aphasia, Wernickes
Fluent Dysphasia
Fluent Dysphasias
Jargon Aphasia
Jargon Aphasias
Posterior Aphasia
Posterior Aphasias
Psychosensory Aphasia
Psychosensory Aphasias
Receptive Aphasia
Receptive Dysphasia
Receptive Dysphasias
Sensory Aphasia
Sensory Dysphasia
Sensory Dysphasias
Wernicke Aphasia
Wernicke Aphasias
Wernicke Dysphasia
Wernicke's Dysphasia
Wernicke's Fluent Aphasia
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)