The cerebellum contributes to linguistic production: a case of agrammatic speech following a right cerebellar lesion

Neurology. 1994 Nov;44(11):2047-50. doi: 10.1212/wnl.44.11.2047.

Abstract

We describe a patient who, after a right cerebellar infarction, developed a right hemicerebellar syndrome and agrammatic speech without other cognitive impairments. We hypothesize that the cerebellum provides the temporal interplay among the neural structures underlying the processes responsible for production of sentences.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cerebellum / blood supply*
  • Humans
  • Infarction / complications*
  • Infarction / diagnosis
  • Language
  • Male
  • Speech Disorders / etiology*