The core features of FTD are behavioral, but the cognitive profile ... and only rarely does the temporal variant overlap pathologically with PSP or CBD. The similarities and differences between ...

Notably, all FTD types were included. FTD covers bvFTD and primary progressive aphasia (PPA) along with its three variants: (i) the non-fluent variant of PPA (nfvPPA), (ii) semantic variant of PPA ...

Biomarkers of neurodegeneration and neuronal injury have the potential to improve diagnostic accuracy, disease monitoring, prognosis, and measure treatment efficacy. Neurofilament proteins (NfPs) are ...

C9orf72 expansions have been associated with diagnoses of dementia (including behavioural variant FTD, primary progressive aphasia and even Alzheimer-type dementia), ataxia, chorea and schizophrenia.

Feb. 5, 2025 — New research has shown that diet could influence the risk of both depression and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Evidence suggests that depressive symptoms are both a risk factor for AD ...

The UAB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology is an integral part of one of the nation's largest health systems. Nationally known for our compassionate care, cutting-edge research, and ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can be hard to diagnose, because it is an uncommon type of dementia and does not cause memory problems at first. However, there are some ways to diagnose FTD including ...

Perinatal mental health (PMH) problems are those which occur during pregnancy or in the first year following the birth of a child. Perinatal mental illness affects up to 27% of new and expectant mums ...