Dyscalculia

Impaired ability in numerical concepts. These inabilities arise as a result of primary neurological lesion, are syndromic (e.g., GERSTMANN SYNDROME ) or acquired due to brain damage.

Also Known As:

Acalculia; Acquired Dyscalculia; Developmental Dyscalculia; Primary Dyscalculia; Secondary Acalculia; Acalculia, Secondary; Acalculias; Acquired Dyscalculias; Developmental Dyscalculias; Dyscalculia, Acquired; Dyscalculia, Developmental; Dyscalculia, Primary; Dyscalculias; Primary Dyscalculias; Secondary Acalculias

Networked: 34 relevant articles (2 outcomes, 6 trials/studies)

Relationship Network

Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Apraxias (Dyspraxia)
2.	Anomia (Dysnomia)
3.	Dyslexia (Alexia)
4.	Learning Disabilities (Learning Disability)
5.	non-verbal learning disabilities

Experts

1.	Krinzinger, Helga: 2 articles (01/2016 - 07/2014)
2.	Angelini, Damiano: 1 article (03/2022)
3.	Benavides-Varela, Silvia: 1 article (03/2022)
4.	Burgio, Francesca: 1 article (03/2022)
5.	Danesin, Laura: 1 article (03/2022)
6.	Ghidoni, Enrico: 1 article (03/2022)
7.	Semenza, Carlo: 1 article (03/2022)
8.	Vigna, Giulia: 1 article (03/2022)
9.	Badreddine, Alaa: 1 article (01/2022)
10.	Bonnefond, Amélie: 1 article (01/2022)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Dyscalculia:

1.	dimemorfan (AT 17)IBA 07/30/2021 - "The patient's proper name anomia was improved at 5 hours from the onset and acalculia and left-right disorientation were improved at 17 hours from the onset. "
2.	TabletsIBA 01/01/2018 - "Comparing Two Cut-off Based Criteria While Investigating the Discriminatory Characteristics of a Tablet-Based Dyscalculia Screening Battery for 5-9 Age Group." 01/01/2018 - "The main purpose of this study is to compare these two different cut-off criteria, based on three sub-tests of Tablet-PC Based Dyscalculia Screening Battery (TAB-DSB) (Canonic Dot Counting-CDC, Symbolic Number Comparison-SNC and Mental Number Line-MNL). "
3.	Methylphenidate (Ritalin)FDA LinkGeneric 01/01/2016 - "Studies in children with AD(H)D without mathematical learning disability (MLD) as well as studies on the effects of methylphenidate on arithmetic have shown that most deficits in mathematics and most error types commonly described as specific to developmental dyscalculia (e. "
4.	Fumigant 93 (D-D)IBA 01/01/2013 - "The main goal of the present study was to shed further light on the weaknesses of children with different profiles of mathematical difficulties, testing children with nonverbal learning disability (NLD), co-morbid dyscalculia and dyslexia (D&D), or typical development (TD). "
5.	1,2- di- (4- sulfamidophenyl)- 4- butylpyrazolidine- 3,5- dione (DSB)IBA 01/01/2018 - "The main purpose of this study is to compare these two different cut-off criteria, based on three sub-tests of Tablet-PC Based Dyscalculia Screening Battery (TAB-DSB) (Canonic Dot Counting-CDC, Symbolic Number Comparison-SNC and Mental Number Line-MNL). "
6.	2- cyclohexylidenhydrazo- 4- phenyl- thiazoleIBA 10/01/2001 - "This study determined whether or not students with dyscalculia had difficulty with attention as measured by the Conners' Computerized Continuous Performance Test (CPT). " 10/01/2001 - "Compared with controls, subjects with dyscalculia had higher CPT Index scores, made more omission errors, and had more inconsistent response times (SE-RT). " 10/01/2001 - "Fifty-six control subjects and 27 subjects with dyscalculia were administered the CPT. "
7.	Adrenal Cortex Hormones (Corticosteroids)IBA 10/01/1987 - "He responded to corticosteroid therapy and recovered completely from acalculia, apraxia and memory disturbance. " 02/15/2019 - "Despite corticosteroid therapy, the patient was referred with increasing headache and acalculia associated with progressive peritumoral edema two weeks after LITT procedure. "
8.	ORALIT (ORS)IBA 10/01/2019 - "In the 15-16-year-old group, the unadjusted ORs were significantly higher for symptoms of memory impairment, dyscalculia, and involuntary movement. " 06/01/2014 - "We investigated each GA group's ORs for general cognitive impairment, general mathematic impairment, and dyscalculia by using binary logistic regressions. "
9.	dicarboxydine (DCD)IBA 01/01/2011 - "It is a comprehensive, non-systematic literature review on learning, school performance, learning disorders (dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia), attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and developmental coordination disorder (DCD). " 01/01/2023 - "In this article, we focus on the role of the possible effects of CVI on a child's learning abilities, leading to major difficulty in disentangling the consequences of CVI from other neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). "
10.	Ubiquitin-Specific ProteasesIBA 01/01/2022 - "We also found a likely pathogenic variant in USP9X (encoding ubiquitin specific peptidase 9 X-linked) that is involved in X-linked intellectual disability, which was inherited from her mother who had dyscalculia and dyspraxia. "

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Aftercare (After-Treatment) 03/01/2015 - "The acalculia and ideational apraxia improved approximately 1 week after treatment initiated, and the hemichorea also decreased. "
2.	Therapeutics 09/01/2014 - "Since the superior longitudinal fasciculus is involved in the integration and control of distributed brain processes, the present results highlight the importance of considering broader domain-general mechanisms in the diagnosis and therapy of dyscalculia. " 07/01/2014 - "We present an overview of neuroimaging studies of specific learning disabilities such as developmental dyslexia and developmental dyscalculia, and critically discuss their practical implications for educational and teaching practice, teacher training, early diagnosis as well as prevention and disorder-specific therapy. " 02/10/2013 - "Pediatricians play an important role in the diagnosis and therapy of children with dyslexia, dysgraphia or dyscalculia. " 02/10/2013 - "[Role of pediatricians in the diagnosis and therapy of dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia]." 10/01/1987 - "He responded to corticosteroid therapy and recovered completely from acalculia, apraxia and memory disturbance. "
3.	Self-Help Devices (Assistive Technology) 10/19/2022 - "The aim of the current research study is to determine the effectiveness of an assistive technology tool, Mathlete on children with dyscalculia's early numeracy skills. " 10/19/2022 - "Mathlete: an adaptive assistive technology tool for children with dyscalculia."
4.	Activities of Daily Living (ADL) 10/01/2023 - "Dyscalculia is a specific difficulty in learning mathematics that strongly influences activities of daily living that require skills such as counting and simple mathematical operations. " 03/11/2022 - "Dyscalculia in Early Adulthood: Implications for Numerical Activities of Daily Living." 01/01/2021 - "Research on dyscalculia in neurodegenerative diseases is still scarce, despite high impact on patients' independence and activities of daily living function. "
5.	Pain Management 04/01/2016 - "treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, depression, epilepsy, insomnia, drug addiction, schizophrenia, learning disabilities, dyslexia and dyscalculia, autistic spectrum disorders and so on as well as other applications such as pain management, and the improvement of musical and athletic performance; and (6) Neurofeedback softwares. "