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Basal parasympathetic deficits in C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion carriers relate to smaller frontoinsula and thalamus volume and lower empathy

NeuroImage: Clinical
Diminished basal parasympathetic nervous system activity is a feature of frontotemporal dementia that relates to left frontoinsula dysfunction and empathy impairment.
Ashlin R. K. Roy, Fate Noohi, Nathaniel A. Morris, Peter Ljubenkov, Hilary Heuer, Jamie Fong, Matthew Hall, Argentina Lario Lago, Katherine P. Rankin, Bruce L. Miller, Adam L. Boxer, Howard J. Rosen, William W. Seeley, David C. Perry, Jennifer S. Yokoyama, Suzee E. Lee, Virginia E. Sturm   +16 more
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A case report of anxiety disorder preceding frontotemporal dementia with asymmetric right temporal lobe atrophy

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2014
Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia presents with progressive loss of social skills and cognition and is usually associated with asymmetric frontal or temporal lobe involvement.
Gediminas Gliebus
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The Landscape Montage Technique for diagnosing frontotemporal dementia starting as primary progressive aphasia: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020
Background The Landscape Montage Technique was originally developed by Hisao Nakai, a Japanese psychiatrist, to pursue the possibility and application of a psychotherapeutic approach using drawing for patients with schizophrenia.
Masahiko Takaya, Kazunari Ishii, Isao Kubota, Osamu Shirakawa   +3 more
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Examining the propensity and nature of criminal risk behaviours in frontotemporal dementia syndromes and Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring
INTRODUCTION Some people with dementia develop changes in behaviour and cognition that may lead to interactions with police or the legal system. However, large, prospective case–control studies examining these behaviours are lacking.
Fiona Kumfor, Grace Wei, Nola Ries, Hayley Bennett, Mirelle D'Mello, Cassandra Kaizik, Olivier Piguet, John R. Hodges   +7 more
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Frontotemporal Dementia—A Chameleon?

The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders, 2011
To the Editor: Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a pathologically heterogeneous illness characterized by progressive atrophy of the frontal and anterior temporal cortex. Some cases are familial, but the etiology is more often idiopathic.1 There is no known treatment, and the illness progresses inexorably to death, with a mean survival of about 8 years.1
Inyene E, Umoren, Jean M, Fils, Jonathan T, Stewart   +2 more
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Non-invasive brain stimulation in frontotemporal dementia: syndrome-specific signals and priorities for future trials

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Frontotemporal dementia is the second most common cause of young-onset dementia after Alzheimer’s disease and lacks disease-modifying treatment. This narrative review summarizes human studies of non-invasive brain stimulation, including repetitive ...
Jingshu Wang, Xiaoshu Fu, Jiangru Liu, Yu Yang   +3 more
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Evaluating combinations of diagnostic tests to discriminate different dementia types

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 2018
Introduction We studied, using a data‐driven approach, how different combinations of diagnostic tests contribute to the differential diagnosis of dementia.
Marie Bruun, Hanneke F.M. Rhodius‐Meester, Juha Koikkalainen, Marta Baroni, Le Gjerum, Afina W. Lemstra, Frederik Barkhof, Anne M. Remes, Timo Urhemaa, Antti Tolonen, Daniel Rueckert, Mark vanGils, Kristian S. Frederiksen, Gunhild Waldemar, Philip Scheltens, Patrizia Mecocci, Hilkka Soininen, Jyrki Lötjönen, Steen G. Hasselbalch, Wiesje M. van derFlier   +19 more
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Frontotemporal dementia

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2023
Medina-Rioja, Raul, Gonzalez-Calderon, Gina, Masellis, Mario   +2 more
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The Role of Conventional MRI in the Assessment of Patients with Dementia

Minia Journal of Medical Research
Background: Dementia is a heterogeneous clinical syndrome in which neuroimaging is required to exclude potentially treatable structural abnormalities and to identify patterns that support etiological classification.
Shemaa El sharakawy, Omnia Abdelatif Ahmed, Enas Ahmed Mohamed Abdel-gawad, Tasneem Osama   +3 more
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Update on Frontotemporal Dementia [PDF]

The Neurologist, 2010
Frontotemporal dementia has recently been recognized as a common cause of young-onset dementia.To review the current approach to the clinical evaluation, understanding of pathophysiology, and management of frontotemporal dementia.Two main clinical presentations are: (1) behavioral, with impulsive behaviors and disinhibition, change in personality such ...
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