Validation of an Automated Procedure for Calculating Core Lexicon From Transcripts.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to advance the use of structured, monologic discourse analysis by validating an automated scoring procedure for core lexicon (CoreLex) using transcripts.

Method: Forty-nine transcripts from persons with aphasia and 48 transcripts from persons with no brain injury were retrieved from the AphasiaBank database. Five structured monologic discourse tasks were scored manually by trained scorers and via automation using a newly developed CLAN command based upon previously published lists for CoreLex.

Expression of MYOSIN VIIA in developing mouse cochleovestibular ganglion neurons.

Myosins make up a large super family of motor proteins responsible for actin-based motility in most eukaryotic cells. Myosin VIIA is essential for the development and function of sensory hair cells in the inner ear. The role of Myosin VIIA in the development of cochleovestibular ganglion (CVG) neurons in the mouse is largely unknown.