A recent study by the Laboratory for Neuro-Analysis and Imaging (LANAI) at UMass Chan Medical School highlights how subcortical brain structures degenerate in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal ...

Frontotemporal dementia is one of the most common forms of dementia in people aged under 65. Unlike Alzheimer's, which is characterised by memory problems, frontotemporal dementia involves ...

Contrary to popular belief, there are many different kinds of dementia, each with its own unique symptom list. One of the most common forms of dementia that surfaces in midlife is called ...

Dementia usually affects older people, so when it occurs in middle age, it can be hard to recognize. The most common form is frontotemporal dementia (FTD), which is often mistaken for depression, ...

University of Queensland researchers discovered that nearly 70 per cent of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients ultimately did not have the disease, in a study aimed at identifying factors that ...

Frontotemporal dementia is characterised by substantial variability in clinical presentation and survival, even among patients carrying the same pathogenic genetic variants. Across the different ...

A loved one undergoing massive shifts in personality or speech can be challenging to work with. You might be wondering if it’s already a symptom of an underlying disease. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) ...

Research led by a University of Sydney medical student could enable earlier and more accurate diagnosis of behavioral variant ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of brain disorders you may not have heard of and may never encounter firsthand. So, why pay attention to this “rare“ dementia? Because for those affected—and ...

Bruce Willis’s family announced in February 2023 that the actor had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. Denis Makarenko/Shutterstock Frontotemporal dementia has gained significant attention ...