Many people only think of Alzheimer’s disease when they think about dementia. However, dementia is an umbrella term we use ...

and executive functions — any injuries or illnesses that affect your frontal lobes can cause a lot of different signs and symptoms. Also known as frontotemporal dementia (FTD), this is a group ...

KOCHI: The world marked Alzheimer’s Day on September 21. And there were several discussions about dementia. Here we look at ...

Two brothers who carry a rare dementia gene are more than half way through an ultra marathon challenge to run the length of ...

Frontotemporal Dementia is a cluster of diseases that affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. This type of ...

It is sometimes called Pick's disease or frontal lobe dementia. The first noticeable FTD symptoms are changes to personality and behaviour and/or difficulties with language. If the person behaves in a ...

After their mother died from frontal lobe dementia (FTD ... of 24 that we're both carriers of frontotemporal dementia and will start getting symptoms in our 40s. "Since then, we've dedicated ...

Work could lead to the discovery of new therapeutic targets. For the first time, researchers have identified "molecular ...

By the age of about 40, almost all people with Down’s syndrome have changes in the frontal lobe of their brain. However, not everyone will develop the symptoms of dementia. Learning disabilities and ...

adding that most studies profile only one brain region -- typically the frontal lobe. "In dementia and neurodegenerative disease more generally, specific brain regions and cells are most ...

Frontotemporal dementia is an all-encompassing term for a group of brain disorders that threatens the frontal and temporal lobes of the ... Other symptoms can include loss of motor skills ...