RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Language and language disorders: neuroscience to clinical practice
JF Practical Neurology
JO Pract Neurol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 380
OP 388
DO 10.1136/practneurol-2018-001961
VO 19
IS 5
A1 Michael O'Sullivan
A1 Sonia Brownsett
A1 David Copland
YR 2019
UL http://pn.bmj.com/content/19/5/380.abstract
AB Language disorders are common in neurological practice but their accurate recognition and description can be challenging. In this review, we summarise the major landmarks in the understanding of language disorders and the organisation of language in the brain. We describe approaches to assessing language disorders at the bedside or in the clinic as well as the treatment and rehabilitation of aphasia. Finally, we describe how the field of neuroscience is providing new computational and neuroscientific approaches to study the mechanisms of recovery and rehabilitation of aphasia.