Neuroscience
Patient becomes virtuoso sax player amid frontotemporal dementia progression
South Korean researchers have just revealed details of an usual case which offers new insights into frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
Mar 25, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Research identifies novel steps in dementia progression
Research by biologists at the University of York has identified new mechanisms potentially driving progression of an aggressive form of dementia.
Mar 23, 2015
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Medical research
Targets identified for developing therapies for IBMPFD
IBMPFD is a rare and deadly genetic disorder that has devastated entire families, robbing many of their members of their ability to talk, walk and think clearly.
Mar 16, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Setting the record straight on Alzheimer's disease
Can your diet deter dementia? Is there a link between cold sores and Alzheimer's? Do crossword puzzles help prevent memory decline?
Nov 19, 2014
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Neuroscience
Retinal thinning can be used as an early marker for frontotemporal dementia
Researchers at the Gladstone Institutes and University of California, San Francisco have shown that a loss of cells in the retina is one of the earliest signs of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in people with a genetic risk ...
Aug 25, 2014
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Neuroscience
Glitch in neural garbage removal enhances degenerative risk
An international team of researchers identified a pathogenic mechanism that is common to several neurodegenerative diseases. The findings suggest that it may be possible to slow the progression of dementia even after the ...
Jul 3, 2014
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
A new diagnostic tool for dementia diseases
A new diagnostic tool helps clinicians to differentiate between Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia and mild cognitive impairment. Presented in the doctoral thesis of MD Miguel Ángel Muñoz Ruiz at the University ...
Jun 5, 2014
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
The genetics of frontotemporal dementia
(Medical Xpress)—Professor Stuart Pickering-Brown, a world expert in the disease from the University of Manchester, will shed new light on a gene that causes the disease on Tuesday (25 March) at Alzheimer's Research UK ...
Mar 19, 2014
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Speaking a second language may delay dementia, study shows
People who speak more than one language and who develop dementia tend to do so up to five years later than those who are monolingual, according to a study.
Nov 6, 2013
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Neuroscience
RNA build-up linked to dementia and motor neuron disease
A new toxic entity associated with genetically inherited forms of dementia and motor neuron disease has been identified by scientists at the UCL Institute of Neurology. The toxin is the result of a genetic mutation that leads ...
Oct 30, 2013
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