Motor neuron disease usually refers to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, but it can also refer to other kind of neurodegenerative disease that affect the motor neurons, such as progressive primary ...

Historically, frontotemporal lobar degeneration ... Furthermore, there is a strong link with motor neuron disease; 15% of patients with FTD develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), sometimes called Pick’s disease ... Faults in the C9orf72 gene can cause people to develop motor neurone disease, FTD or both conditions, and may affect members of the ...

Funding This work was supported by funding to Forefront, a collaborative research group dedicated to the study of frontotemporal dementia and motor neurone disease, from the National Health and ...

Motor neurone disease is an uncommon condition that mainly affects people in their 60s and 70s. The family of a boy living with motor neurone disease have said it was a "massive shock" for him to ...

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Today the victim of motor neurone disease, he hasn't the strength to open a packet of crisps. Here he tells how his life has changed beyond recognition in less than a year. Eight months ago I ...

Drugs that "switch on" vitamin A in the body may also help stave off conditions such as motor neuron disease (MND). New research from the University of Aberdeen published today in Frontiers in ...

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Unlike Alzheimer’s disease, FTD specifically targets the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes, causing personality changes and, in advanced stages, the loss of essential motor and cognitive skills. FTD ...