Frontotemporal dementia
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), or frontotemporal degeneration disease[1] or frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder,[2] includes some types of dementia.[3]
FTD is the clinical presentation of frontotemporal lobar degeneration. It is characterized by progressive neuronal loss predominantly involving the frontal or temporal lobes, and typical loss of over 70% of spindle neurons, while other neuron types remain intact.[4]
Second only to Alzheimer's disease (AD) in prevalence, FTD accounts for 20% of young-onset dementia cases.[5]
Common signs and symptoms include significant changes in social and personal behavior, apathy, blunting of emotions, and deficits in both expressive and receptive language.
Types: One type of FTD, is "semantic-variant primary progressive aphasia, ... that (mostly or) primarily (does something to, or) affects the areas in the brain responsible for speech and language", according to media; Furthermore, one [can have] trouble [remembering] faces and names.[6]
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References
- ↑ Frontotemporal dementia. Neurologic Clinics 35 (2) (May 2017). p. 339–374. doi:10.1016/j.ncl.2017.01.008.
- ↑ Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5 (2013). Arlington, Virginia: American Psychiatric Association. p. 614–618. ISBN 978-0-89042-554-1.
- ↑ ICD-11 – Mortality and Morbidity Statistics. icd.who.intWorld Health Organization.
- ↑ Brain Cells for Socializing. Smithsonian. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Snowden JS, Neary D, Mann DM. Frontotemporal dementia. Br J Psychiatry 180 (2) (February 2002). p. 140–3. doi:10.1192/bjp.180.2.140.
- ↑ https://stanfordmag.org/contents/my-brothers-keeper. Retrieved 2025-08-15
