Frontotemporal dementia, where do we stand? A narrative review

A Antonioni, EM Raho, P Lopriore, AP Pace… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disease of growing interest, since it
accounts for up to 10% of middle-age-onset dementias and entails a social, economic, and …

Temporopolar regions of the human brain

MM Mesulam - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Following prolonged neglect during the formative decades of behavioural neurology, the
temporopolar region has become a site of vibrant research on the neurobiology of cognition …

Neuropathological fingerprints of survival, atrophy and language in primary progressive aphasia

MM Mesulam, CA Coventry, EH Bigio, J Sridhar, N Gill… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Primary progressive aphasia is a neurodegenerative disease that selectively impairs
language without equivalent impairment of speech, memory or comportment. In 118 …

Advances and controversies in frontotemporal dementia: diagnosis, biomarkers, and therapeutic considerations

BF Boeve, AL Boxer, F Kumfor, Y Pijnenburg… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Frontotemporal dementia comprises a group of clinical syndromes that are characterised by
progressive changes in behaviour, executive function, or language. The term frontotemporal …

The natural history of primary progressive aphasia: beyond aphasia

H Ulugut, S Stek, LEE Wagemans, RJ Jutten… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is divided into three prototypical subtypes
that are all characterized by their single core symptom of aphasia. Although later in their …

Primary progressive aphasia: six questions in search of an answer

CRS Belder, CR Marshall, J Jiang, S Mazzeo… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Here, we review recent progress in the diagnosis and management of primary progressive
aphasia—the language-led dementias. We pose six key unanswered questions that …

Changing perspectives on frontotemporal dementia: A review

JS Snowden - Journal of Neuropsychology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This article examines the evolution in understanding of frontotemporal dementia (FTD)
during the last four decades. A central theme is the recognition of heterogeneity. Originally …

Social-semantic knowledge in frontotemporal dementia and after anterior temporal lobe resection

MA Rouse, AD Halai, S Ramanan… - Brain …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Degraded semantic memory is a prominent feature of frontotemporal dementia (FTD). It is
classically associated with semantic dementia and anterior temporal lobe (ATL) atrophy, but …

Right temporal degeneration and socioemotional semantics: semantic behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia

K Younes, V Borghesani, M Montembeault, S Spina… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Focal anterior temporal lobe degeneration often preferentially affects the left or right
hemisphere. While patients with left-predominant anterior temporal lobe atrophy show …

Uncovering the distinct macro-scale anatomy of dysexecutive and behavioural degenerative diseases

N Corriveau-Lecavalier, LR Barnard, H Botha… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
There is a longstanding ambiguity regarding the clinical diagnosis of dementia syndromes
predominantly targeting executive functions versus behaviour and personality. This is due to …