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'''Wernicke's aphasia''' is a syndrome<ref>http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1318.html</ref> first described described by [[Germany|German]] [[neurology|neurologist]] [[Carl Wernicke]]. It was originally known as [[sensory aphasia]] but is now known as Wernicke's aphasia in his honor<ref>http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1318.html</ref>.
'''Wernicke's aphasia''' is a syndrome<ref>http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1318.html</ref> first described described by [[Germany|German]] [[neurology|neurologist]] [[Carl Wernicke]]. It was originally known as [[sensory aphasia]] but is now known as Wernicke's aphasia in his honor<ref>http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcne/founders/page0101.html</ref>.
The syndrome was first noted in a male patient of Wernicke who had suffered a [[stroke]], despite still being able to [[speech|speak]] and [[hearing|hear]], the [[man]] could barely understand what was said to him nor could he understand [[writing|written]] words. Following the [[death]] of the patient, Wernicke conducted an [[autopsy]] and found a lesion in the rear parietal/temporal region of the patient's left [[brain]] hemisphere. Wernicke concluded that this region was involved in speech comprehension as it was close to the auditory region of the brain. The syndrome was first documented in 1874 in ''The Aphasic Symptom Complex'' a book which propelled Wernicke to international fame<ref>http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcne/founders/page0101.html</ref>.
The syndrome was first noted in a male patient of Wernicke who had suffered a [[stroke]], despite still being able to [[speech|speak]] and [[hearing|hear]], the [[man]] could barely understand what was said to him nor could he understand [[writing|written]] words. Following the [[death]] of the patient, Wernicke conducted an [[autopsy]] and found a lesion in the rear parietal/temporal region of the patient's left [[brain]] hemisphere. Wernicke concluded that this region was involved in speech comprehension as it was close to the auditory region of the brain. The syndrome was first documented in 1874 in ''The Aphasic Symptom Complex'' a book which propelled Wernicke to international fame<ref>http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcne/founders/page0101.html</ref>.
==Symptoms==
The main [[symptom]]s of the [[aphasia]] comprise loss of comprehension of spoken language, loss of ability to [[reading|read]] (silently) and write, and distortion of articulate speech. Although the affected persons may speak fluently with a natural [[rhythm]] the result may have no understandable meaning nor [[syntax]] although word memory is preserved and words are often chosen correctly. [[Alexia]], [[agraphia]], [[acalculia]], and [[paraphasia]] are frequently associated. Some patients are [[euphoria|euphoric]] and/or [[paranoia|paranoid]].
==Notes & references==
==Notes & references==