Carl Wernicke
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Wernicke aphasia: “Fluent aphasia”

aphasia

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Broca aphasia: “Non-fluent aphasia”

You can read about the Broca area in the Broca area How a stroke causes the Broca aphasia A full-blown stroke blocks the brain’s blood supply. When it happens inside the anterior branch of the middle cerebral artery, the brain cells in the Broca area deprive of oxygen and nutrients. As a…

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Paul Broca who found the Broca's area
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Broca’s area

Paul Broca: Source: Wellcome Collection under the license of CC BY 4.0 Broca’s area plays a very important role in our speech. Prior to 1861, scientists debated whether the whole brain acted either as a single entity or contains specific regions. Pierre Paul Broca ended this debate in 1861. “Monsieur Tan”…

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