Injuries such as tumors, stroke or epilepsy affecting the STG may lead to disturbances of language function and hallucinations similar to those observed in SCZ symptoms [ 15].
Why? Alzheimer's disease causes impairment of memory, in particular episodic and autobiographical memories, and difficulties in interaction between the self and the world, because AD is also characterized by disturbances of language, praxis, gnosis, and so forth.
Apart from glutamate, other neurotransmitters and their synapses have been in the focus of pharmacological treatment of language disturbances.
In 31% of the cases disturbances in the development of language abilities were observed, and enuresis was present in the same percentage.
Divers also experience temporary disturbances of speech called mooglies.
Disturbances in semantic and phonological aspects of language processing are indicated in patients with schizophrenia, and in high-risk individuals for schizophrenia.
Besides the deleterious effects on cognition, the neuropathology of dementia is responsible for numerous other symptoms, such as behavioral disturbances, psychological problems, and the breakdown of language and communication.
Nonetheless, sleep deprivation and delirium share a number of similar features namely a decline in cognitive function inclusive of psychomotor vigilance, memory and disturbances in language and perception which is characterised by hallucinations and delusions [ 51, 52].
Dementia is a brain function syndrome characterized by a cluster of symptoms and signs manifested by difficulties in memory, disturbances in language, psychological and psychiatric changes, and impairments in activities of daily living.
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by disturbances of behavior and personality and different types of language impairment with or without concomitant features of motor neuron disease or parkinsonism.
The cardinal features are late-onset impairment of short-term recall [ 4, 5] associated with deterioration of language and visuo-spatial functions [ 6, 7] in the absence of disturbance of consciousness and systemic disorders.
