Open AccessA selective agraphia of Kana
Author(s) -
K. Abe,
Ryoichi Yokoyama
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
behavioural neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.859
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1875-8584
pISSN - 0953-4180
DOI - 10.1155/1994/790864
Subject(s) - agraphia , kana , kanji , psychology , angular gyrus , lesion , audiology , dyslexia , reading (process) , medicine , neuroscience , linguistics , psychiatry , philosophy , chinese characters , cognition
We report a patient who developed selective Kana (phonogram) agraphia following an infarct in the left middle frontal gyrus known as Exner's area. He had well-preserved ability for comprehension, reading, and writing Kanji (ideogram). Kana errors consisted of substitution with another letter while the number of target words was well preserved. It is suggested that a dominant middle frontal gyrus lesion can result in agraphia.
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