Aphasia

"Aphasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A cognitive disorder marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or express language in its written or spoken form. This condition is caused by diseases which affect the language areas of the dominant hemisphere. Clinical features are used to classify the various subtypes of this condition. General categories include receptive, expressive, and mixed forms of aphasia.

Descriptor ID	D001037
MeSH Number(s)	C10.597.606.150.500.800.100 C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.100
Concept/Terms	Aphasia Aphasia Logasthenia Logasthenias Logagnosia Logagnosias Logamnesia Logamnesias Alogia Alogias Anepia Anepias Aphasia, Ageusic Aphasia, Ageusic Ageusic Aphasia Ageusic Aphasias Aphasias, Ageusic Aphasia, Auditory Discriminatory Aphasia, Auditory Discriminatory Aphasias, Auditory Discriminatory Auditory Discriminatory Aphasia Auditory Discriminatory Aphasias Discriminatory Aphasia, Auditory Discriminatory Aphasias, Auditory Aphasia, Commisural Aphasia, Commisural Aphasias, Commisural Commisural Aphasia Commisural Aphasias Aphasia, Functional Aphasia, Functional Aphasias, Functional Functional Aphasia Functional Aphasias Aphasia, Global Aphasia, Global Aphasias, Global Global Aphasia Global Aphasias Dysphasia, Global Dysphasias, Global Global Dysphasia Global Dysphasias Aphasia, Graphomotor Aphasia, Graphomotor Aphasias, Graphomotor Graphomotor Aphasia Graphomotor Aphasias Aphasia, Intellectual Aphasia, Intellectual Aphasias, Intellectual Intellectual Aphasia Intellectual Aphasias Aphasia, Mixed Aphasia, Mixed Aphasias, Mixed Mixed Aphasia Mixed Aphasias Aphasia, Post-Ictal Aphasia, Post-Ictal Aphasia, Post Ictal Aphasias, Post-Ictal Post-Ictal Aphasia Post-Ictal Aphasias Aphasia, Post-Traumatic Aphasia, Post-Traumatic Aphasia, Post Traumatic Aphasias, Post-Traumatic Post-Traumatic Aphasia Post-Traumatic Aphasias Aphasia, Semantic Aphasia, Semantic Aphasias, Semantic Semantic Aphasia Semantic Aphasias Dejerine-Lichtheim Phenomenon Dejerine-Lichtheim Phenomenon Dejerine Lichtheim Phenomenon Phenomenon, Dejerine-Lichtheim Lichtheim's Sign Lichtheim Sign Lichtheims Sign Sign, Lichtheim's Dysphasia Dysphasia Aphasia, Syntactical Aphasia, Syntactical Aphasias, Syntactical Syntactical Aphasia Syntactical Aphasias Aphasia, Progressive Aphasia, Progressive Aphasias, Progressive Progressive Aphasia Progressive Aphasias Aphasia, Acquired Aphasia, Acquired Acquired Aphasia

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Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Neurologic Manifestations [C10.597]
Neurobehavioral Manifestations [C10.597.606]
Communication Disorders [C10.597.606.150]
Language Disorders [C10.597.606.150.500]
Speech Disorders [C10.597.606.150.500.800]
Aphasia [C10.597.606.150.500.800.100]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Neurologic Manifestations [C23.888.592]
Neurobehavioral Manifestations [C23.888.592.604]
Communication Disorders [C23.888.592.604.150]
Language Disorders [C23.888.592.604.150.500]
Speech Disorders [C23.888.592.604.150.500.800]
Aphasia [C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.100]

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Bar chart showing 40 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	3	0	3
2006	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	1	0	1
2013	3	0	3
2014	3	0	3
2015	2	0	2
2016	5	1	6
2017	1	0	1
2018	4	0	4
2020	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1
2023	3	0	3
2024	4	0	4
2025	1	0	1

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Mart?nez-Molina N, Pitk?niemi A, Siponkoski ST, Moisseinen N, Kuusela L, Laitinen S, S?rk?m? ER, Pekkola J, Melkas S, Schlaug G, Kleber B, Sihvonen AJ, S?rk?m? T. Functional neuroplasticity in chronic post-stroke aphasia following a singing intervention in a cross-over randomised trial. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 29; 15(1):27639.

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Armstrong E, Hersh D. Speaking Up and Being Heard: The Importance of Functional Communication and Discourse Principles in Aphasia Intervention. Semin Speech Lang. 2024 Aug; 45(4):356-367.

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Sihvonen AJ, Pitk?niemi A, Siponkoski ST, Kuusela L, Mart?nez-Molina N, Laitinen S, S?rk?m? ER, Pekkola J, Melkas S, Schlaug G, Sairanen V, S?rk?m? T. Structural Neuroplasticity Effects of Singing in Chronic Aphasia. eNeuro. 2024 May; 11(5).

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Agrawal M, Singh VK, Verma A, Pathak A, Kumar A, Joshi D, Mishra VN, Chaurasia RN. Clinico-radiological factors associated with aphasia outcome in post stroke patients: A prospective follow up study from eastern part of India. J Clin Neurosci. 2024 May; 123:130-136.

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Jacobs M, Evans E, Ellis C. Exploring the association between social determinants and aphasia impairment: A retrospective data integration approach. PLoS One. 2024; 19(3):e0299979.

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Ogbeide-Latario OE, Kempfle J, Hamzei-Sichani F, Remenschneider AK. Aphasia as Presenting Symptom of Left Temporal Pneumocephalus After a Restrained Sneeze. Otol Neurotol. 2024 Jan 01; 45(1):e66-e67.

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Jacobs M, Evans E, Ellis C. Intersectional sociodemographic and neurological relationships in the naming ability of persons with post-stroke aphasia. J Commun Disord. 2023 Sep-Oct; 105:106352.

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Kernbach JM, Hartwigsen G, Lim JS, Bae HJ, Yu KH, Schlaug G, Bonkhoff A, Rost NS, Bzdok D. Bayesian stroke modeling details sex biases in the white matter substrates of aphasia. Commun Biol. 2023 03 31; 6(1):354.

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Godecke E, Brogan E, Ciccone N, Rose ML, Armstrong E, Whitworth A, Ellery F, Holland A, Middleton S, Rai T, Hankey GJ, Cadilhac D, Bernhardt J. Treatment fidelity monitoring, reporting and findings in a complex aphasia intervention trial: a substudy of the Very Early Rehabilitation in SpEech (VERSE) trial. Trials. 2022 Jun 16; 23(1):501.

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Godecke E, Armstrong E, Rai T, Ciccone N, Rose ML, Middleton S, Whitworth A, Holland A, Ellery F, Hankey GJ, Cadilhac DA, Bernhardt J. A randomized control trial of intensive aphasia therapy after acute stroke: The Very Early Rehabilitation for SpEech (VERSE) study. Int J Stroke. 2021 07; 16(5):556-572.

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