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Dysarthria

About: Dysarthria is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2402 publications have been published within this topic receiving 56554 citations.


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TL;DR: The present case is the first to involve a single gene within the microdeletion region and a phenotype restricted to a subset of the traits observed in other cases with more extensive deletions, and it is reported on an 11‐year‐old male with a heterozygous de novo 0.2 Mb deletion containing asingle gene, BCL11A.
Abstract: In 10 cases of 2p15p16.1 microdeletions reported worldwide to date, shared phenotypes included growth retardation, craniofacial and skeletal dysmorphic traits, internal organ defects, intellectual disability, nonverbal or low verbal status, abnormal muscle tone, and gross motor delays. The size of the deletions ranged from 0.3 to 5.7 Mb, where the smallest deletion involved the BCL11A, PAPOLG, and REL genes. Here we report on an 11-year-old male with a heterozygous de novo 0.2 Mb deletion containing a single gene, BCL11A, and a phenotype characterized by childhood apraxia of speech and dysarthria in the presence of general oral and gross motor dyspraxia and hypotonia as well as expressive language and mild intellectual delays. BCL11A is situated within the dyslexia susceptibility candidate region 3 (DYX3) candidate region on chromosome 2. The present case is the first to involve a single gene within the microdeletion region and a phenotype restricted to a subset of the traits observed in other cases with more extensive deletions.

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TL;DR: It is suggested that thoracic mobility is decreased in PD, and that pharmacological treatment results in improvement, but not in normalization, and it remains unclear to what extent dyskinesias negatively influence respiratory control.

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TL;DR: For the first time, evidence is provided that longterm and severe childhood speech disorders result predominantly from bilateral disruption of the neural networks involved in speech production.

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TL;DR: STN stimulation has a beneficial long-term effect on the articulatory organs involved in speech production, and this indicates that parkinsonian dysarthria is associated, at least in part, with an alteration in STN neuronal activity.
Abstract: Dysarthria in Parkinson's disease (PD) consists of articulatory, phonatory and respiratory impairment. Bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation greatly improves motor disability, but its long-term effect on speech within a large group of patients has not been precisely evaluated. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of bilateral STN stimulation on oral force control in PD. We measured forces of the upper lip, lower lip and tongue in twenty-six PD patients treated with bilateral STN stimulation. Measurements of the articulatory organ force, as well as a motor evaluation using the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), were made with and without STN stimulation. Maximal voluntary force (MVF), reaction time (RT), movement time (MT), imprecision of the peak force (PF) and the hold phase (HP) were all improved with STN stimulation during the articulatory force task, as well as the motor examination scores of the UPDRS. It seems that the beneficial STN stimulation-induced effect on articulatory forces persisted whatever the duration of post-surgical follow-up. However, dysarthria evaluated by the UPDRS was worse in two subgroups of patients with a one to two year and three to five year post-surgical follow-up, in comparison with a subgroup of patients with a three month follow-up. STN stimulation has a beneficial long-term effect on the articulatory organs involved in speech production, and this indicates that parkinsonian dysarthria is associated, at least in part, with an alteration in STN neuronal activity. Nevertheless, to confirm the persistence of the beneficial effect of STN stimulation on parkinsonian dysarthria, a longitudinal evaluation is still needed.

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2023229
2022415
2021164
2020138
2019125
201888