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The novel MAPT mutation K298E:mechanisms of mutant tau toxicity, brain pathology and tau expression in induced fibroblast-derived neurons [PDF]
, 2013 Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) consists of a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by behavioural and executive impairment, language disorders and motor dysfunction.
Calo, Laura +14 more
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To investigate what works when using Patient‐Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), for whom, in what contexts, and why in four Value‐Based Healthcare (VBHC) programmes. Design Realist evaluation. Methods Evaluation of Heart Failure, Parkinson's Disease, Epilepsy and Cataract surgery programmes using data from a scoping review, documentary ...
Mayara S. Bianchim +6 more
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An interdisciplinary approach aiding the diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia: A case report
Dementia & NeuropsychologiaFrontotemporal dementia (FTD) is one of the most common causes of early-onset dementia with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) being the second-most-frequent form of this degenerative disease.
Nadia Shigaeff +5 more
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Effects of tDCS on Sound Duration in Patients with Apraxia of Speech in Primary Progressive Aphasia [PDF]
, 2021 Charalambos Themistocleous +2 more
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Journal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms are revolutionising the world, and they have the potential to revolutionise neuropsychology as well. A particularly fruitful field for this revolution is the cognitive assessment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Mild Cognitive ...
Michele Scandola +3 more
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Decision Making Cognition in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Behavioural Neurology, 2012 We sought to investigate the decision making profile of Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) by assessing patients diagnosed with this disease (n = 10), patients diagnosed with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD, n = 35), and matched controls
Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht +7 more
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Progressive compromise of nouns and action verbs in posterior cortical atrophy [PDF]
, 2018 Processing of nouns and action verbs can be differentially compromised following lesions to posterior and anterior/motor brain regions, respectively. However, little is known about how these deficits progress in the course of neurodegeneration.
Borovinsky, Geraldine +9 more
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Category fluency and creative potential in semantic aphasia
Journal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.Abstract Creative cognition involves linking weakly or unrelated concepts, enabled by semantic control (inhibiting dominant associations to retrieve weaker ones) or through spreading activation within the semantic system. Semantic aphasia (SA) patients have impaired semantic control despite relatively preserved semantic representations.
Hannah E. Thompson +4 more
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Primary progressive aphasia: clinicopathological correlations [PDF]
Nature Reviews Neurology, 2010 Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a disorder of declining language that is a frequent presentation of neurodegenerative diseases such as frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Three variants of PPA are recognized: progressive nonfluent aphasia, semantic dementia, and logopenic progressive aphasia.
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The Language Profile of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: The language profile of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) remains to be fully defined. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to quantify the extent of language deficits in this patient group.
Buckley, AH +9 more
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