Proactive interference apraxic agraphia: a writing and drawing disorder associated with corticobasal syndrome

Authors

Parunyou Julayanont, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine , Gainesville, USA.
David W. Burks, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine , Gainesville, USA.
Kenneth M. Heilman, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine , Gainesville, USA.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Proactive interference is when a previously performed task impairs performance on a current task. It is often associated with memory tasks and has not been reported to interfere with writing or drawing. We evaluated a left-handed man diagnosed with corticobasal syndrome who had a two-year history of progressive agraphia. On the sentence writing and clock drawing tasks, he initially wrote letters and numbers correctly but revealed an increase of movement errors as the tasks progressed. We propose the term "proactive interference apraxic agraphia" for this novel disorder. Prefrontal dysfunction may cause an impairment in disengaging from previously activated motor programs.

Medical Subject Headings

Agraphia (diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology); Apraxias (diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology); Basal Ganglia Diseases (complications, diagnostic imaging, physiopathology); Cerebral Cortex (diagnostic imaging, physiopathology); Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neurodegenerative Diseases (complications, diagnosis, physiopathology); Prefrontal Cortex (physiopathology)

Publication Date

6-1-2020

Publication Title

Neurocase

E-ISSN

1465-3656

Volume

26

Issue

3

First Page

125

Last Page

130

PubMed ID

32323627

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1080/13554794.2020.1757719

Recommended Citation

Julayanont, Parunyou; Burks, David W.; and Heilman, Kenneth M., "Proactive interference apraxic agraphia: a writing and drawing disorder associated with corticobasal syndrome" (2020). Neurology. 1243.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurology/1243