An aphasia characterized by impairment of expressive LANGUAGE (speech, writing, signs) and relative preservation of receptive language abilities (i.e., comprehension). This condition is caused by lesions of the motor association cortex in the FRONTAL LOBE (BROCA AREA and adjacent cortical and white matter regions).
Also Known As:
Expressive Aphasia; Aphasia, Expressive; Motor Aphasia; Aphasia, Broca; Agrammatic Broca Aphasia; Agrammatic Broca's Aphasia; Aphasia, Anterior; Aphasia, Ataxic; Aphasia, Frontocortical; Dysphasia, Broca's; Verbal Aphasia Syndrome; Agrammatic Broca Aphasias; Agrammatic Broca's Aphasias; Agrammatic Brocas Aphasia; Anterior Aphasia; Anterior Aphasias; Aphasia Syndrome, Verbal; Aphasia Syndromes, Verbal; Aphasia, Agrammatic Broca; Aphasia, Agrammatic Broca's; Aphasias, Agrammatic Broca; Aphasias, Agrammatic Broca's; Aphasias, Anterior; Aphasias, Ataxic; Aphasias, Broca; Aphasias, Frontocortical; Ataxic Aphasia; Ataxic Aphasias; Broca Aphasia, Agrammatic; Broca Aphasias; Broca Aphasias, Agrammatic; Broca Dysphasia; Broca's Aphasia, Agrammatic; Broca's Aphasias, Agrammatic; Broca's Dysphasia; Dysphasia, Brocas; Frontocortical Aphasia; Frontocortical Aphasias; Nonfluent Aphasia; Syndrome, Verbal Aphasia; Syndromes, Verbal Aphasia; Verbal Aphasia Syndromes; Agrammatism; Aphasia, Motor; Aphasia, Nonfluent; Dysphasia, Broca