Selective associative phonagnosia after right anterior temporal stroke

Neuropsychologia
Simona LuzziGuido Gainotti

Abstract

We report the case of a 48 year old men who developed a selective impairment in famous voice recognition after ischemic stroke in right subcortical structures (lenticular nucleus and head of the caudate) and right anterior temporal lobe. He underwent fibrinolytic treatment. During the following days he progressively recovered and was discharged without neurological focal sign. Patent foramen ovale was found. When he got back to his house he noticed that he was unable to recognize the voice of his favoured singers and needed to ask who was the singer to his relatives. Neuropsychological examination revealed a selective impairment in famous voice recognition in the absence of alteration of voice perception, face perception and famous face recognition. All other neuropsychological domains were spared. In particular language, memory and executive functions were intact. Neuroimaging carried out by means of PET and MRI revealed two small ischemic lesions in the right subcortical region, involving lenticular and caudate nuclei and in the right temporal pole. To our knowledge, this is the first case described in literature of a patient showing a selective associative phonagnosia after right anterior temporal stroke. The present case he...Continue Reading

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Feb 1, 2018·Neurological Sciences : Official Journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology·Chiara PiccininniGuido Gainotti
Apr 25, 2018·Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology·Aleksandra MańkowskaKenneth M Heilman
Dec 12, 2017·Brain : a Journal of Neurology·Claudia RoswandowitzKatharina von Kriegstein
Oct 9, 2019·Neuropsychologia·J A MoleC R Butler
Feb 15, 2021·Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy·Bastien HerlinSophie Dupont
Jan 12, 2021·Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior·Joseph A MoleGuido Gainotti
Sep 23, 2020·Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior·Mira DidicOlivier Felician
May 28, 2021·Human Brain Mapping·Corrina Maguinness, Katharina von Kriegstein

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