Frontotemporal lobar degeneration often presents ... In both syndromes, cortical atrophy was more prominent in the left cerebral hemisphere than in the right cerebral hemisphere.

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Researchers have uncovered the mechanism underlying frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) caused by variants in the valosin-containing protein (VCP) gene. Their study, which used a fruit fly ...

Brain atrophy detected by high-resolution MRI ... dementia"[ti] OR "frontal lobe dementia"[ti] OR "frontotemporal lobar degeneration"[ti] OR "dementia with Lewy bodies"[ti] OR "Lewy body dementia ...

PHILADELPHIA— New guidelines will help doctors identify patients with a common memory-loss syndrome that is often ...

New guidelines will help doctors identify patients with a common memory-loss syndrome that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease in older adults. The diagnostic criteria for limbic-predominant ...

TV host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia ... from the frontal lobe and temporal lobe die and atrophy in those parts of the brain occur,” said Kim-Tenser.

On the surface, the movement disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and the cognitive disorder frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), which underlies ...

Dr Sarah Ryan’s research aims to understand the role of brain’s immune cells, microglia, in frontotemporal dementia, and whether addressing brain inflammation could be a new therapeutic target.