Glossary for Apraxia

Medical terms related to Apraxia or mentioned in this section include:

• Adrenoleukodystrophy: A rare hereditary metabolic disease that only occurs in male children and is characterized by adrenal atrophy and extensive cerebral demyelination causing progressive loss of mental functioning, aphasia, apraxia and sometimes blindness. The patient usually dies within 5 years.
• Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and apraxia: This form of Alzheimer's is an early-onset form of Alzheimer's that is linked to a defect on chromosome 14q24.3. It is characterized by features which are atypical for Alzheimer's - spastic paraparesis which occurs before the dementia symptoms and apraxia. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disorder involving degeneration of the brain. The disease mainly affects brain functions involving thinking, memory, personality and behaviour.
• Apallic syndrome: A persistent vegetative state caused by brain damage.
• Apraxia in children:
• Ataxia - apraxia - mental retardation, X-linked: A rare X-linked syndrome characterized mainly by ataxia, apraxia and mental retardation. The symptoms are generally nonprogressive.
• Benson's syndrome: A rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized mainly by defective visual information processing which affects a person's ability to recognize familiar objects and people.
• Bianchi's syndrome: Damage to a part of the brain (left parietal lobe) resulting in the loss of ability to read (alexia), comprehend language (sensory aphasia) and inability to carry out previously learned purposeful movements (apraxia). The damage may be caused by such things as stroke, trauma and cancer. The type and severity of symptoms are determined by the exact location and extent of damage to the brain.
• Brain abscess: abscess in the brain may involve any of the lobes of the brain
• Brain cancer: Cancer of the brain.
• Brain symptoms: Symptoms affecting the brain
• Brain tumor: A condition which is characterized by the abnormal growth of tissue within the brain
• Brain tumour: various extrinsic and intrinsic factors add up to to cause tumour in the brain
• Corticobasal Degeneration: A rare progressive neurological disorder where parts of the brain deteriorate.
• Dementia: Mental confusion and impaired thought.
• HERNS syndrome: A rare inherited syndrome characterized by blood vessel disease which causes eye and kidney disease and strokes. Neurological manifestations tend to occur around the 2nd and 3rd decade of life due to the blood vessels in the brain being affected.
• Homen syndrome: Lesion on a part of the brain called the lenticular nucleus which is involved in movement.
• Movement symptoms: Changes to movement or motor abilities
• Muscle weakness: Weakness of the muscles or loss of tone
• Neurological disorder: diseases affecting the central and peripheral nervous system
• Nielsen-Jacobs syndrome: A rare condition where damage to the part of the brain called the cingulated gyri results in agnosia, apraxia and aphasia. The cingulated gyri is responsible for emotions, memory, learning and processing skills.
• Pick's Disease: Degenerative dementia condition.
• Right parietal lobe syndrome related Alzheimer's disease: Right parietal lobe syndrome related Alzheimer's disease is a variant of Alzheimer's disease that involves abnormalities in a particular part of the brain. It is characterized by Alzheimer's symptoms as well as problems with such things as construction (making things) and drawing as well as denial of their disabilities. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disorder involving degeneration of the brain. The disease mainly affects brain functions involving thinking, memory, personality and behaviour.
• Stroke: Brain-related symptoms of bleeding or blockage.
• Stroke symptoms: Brain-related symptoms of bleeding or blockage.
• Traumatic Brain Injury: Brain injury from trauma or accident.
• Tremor: The occurrence of involuntary trembling
• Tremor symptoms: Shaking or physical tremor.
• Weakness: Symptoms causing weakness of the body

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