Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia. What is FTD?
Bruce Willis' family has announced that he has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.
Feb 17, 2023
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Neuroscience
Can a work of art reveal the presence of a neurodegenerative disease?
For decades, scientists have been interested in the effects of neurodegenerative disorders on the way people approach and produce visual art. They have sought the "artistic signatures" of diseases of the nervous system in ...
Nov 29, 2022
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Neuroscience
Educational background and previous brain injury may be associated with higher risk of frontotemporal dementia
Two recent studies from the University of Eastern Finland show that educational background and previous traumatic brain injury may potentially affect the risk of frontotemporal dementia.
Nov 25, 2022
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Neuroscience
Cleaning up toxic 'protein clumps' could prevent dementia
The clean-up of cellular "protein clumps" could prevent the onset of some types of dementia, according to a new study from The University of Queensland.
Nov 7, 2022
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Neuroscience
New study sheds light on basic biology of frontotemporal dementia
Dementia encompasses a range of neurodegenerative conditions that lead to memory loss and cognitive deficiencies and affect some 55 million people worldwide. Yet despite its prevalence, there are few effective treatments, ...
Oct 27, 2022
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Neuroscience
Serum TDP-43 levels may help identify neuropathological changes associated with frontotemporal dementia
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is one of the most common causes of progressive dementia in working-age people. However, making a diagnosis and a prognosis is often challenging because the frontotemporal dementia spectrum includes ...
Oct 20, 2022
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Neuroscience
Landmark study of biomarker data may enable better treatment for early onset dementia
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a common form of early-onset dementia, is marked by impairments in behavior, language, and sometimes motor function. Unlike Alzheimer's Disease (AD), researchers and clinicians have been unable ...
Sep 23, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Similarity between schizophrenia and dementia discovered for the first time
Researchers have, for the first time, compared schizophrenia and frontotemporal dementia—disorders that are both located in the frontal and temporal lobe regions of the brain. The idea can be traced back to Emil Kraepelin, ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Medications
Stopping C9orf72-linked dementia in mutant mice with antibiotic rifampicin
What did Stephen Hawking and Mao Zedong have in common? They both suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), for which a cure remains elusive. Scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University took an important step toward ...
May 23, 2022
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Neuroscience
The added burden of young onset Alzheimer's disease
People diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at a younger age will experience faster symptom progression than their older counterparts, a new study has found, potentially causing their support systems to fall behind.
May 12, 2022
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