1. Traditional view of brain areas involved in language function including the language comprehension (Wernicke) area, the motor speech (Broca) area, and the arcuate fasciculus. Lesions at the numbered sites produce aphasias with different features: (1) expressive aphasia, (2) receptive aphasia, (3) conduction aphasia, (4) transcortical expressive aphasia, and (5) transcortical receptive aphasia. See also Table 1-1. (Modified from Waxman SG. Clinical Neuroanatomy. 26th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2010.)
Source: Neurologic History & Examination, Clinical Neurology, 9e
Citation: Aminoff MJ, Greenberg DA, Simon RP. Clinical Neurology, 9e; 2015 Available at: Accessed: October 14, 2017
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