The back of the frontal lobe is called the motor strip. This region controls and directs deliberate body movements. The left ...

Frontotemporal dementia (also known as behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia): Brain changes, primarily in the frontal ...

All but the FTD-MND patients had advanced clinical dementia (CDR=4-5). Compared with gender-matched mean control volumes, mean FTD volumes were reduced throughout the frontal lobes from stage 2 ...

Frontotemporal dementia, according to the Mayo Clinic, is an “umbrella term for a group of brain disorders that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.” Some of the side ...

vascular dementia, and the frontotemporal lobar degenerations. The following are assessed or elicited: gait, frontal lobe signs, signs of parkinsonism, certain neuro-ophthalmologic signs ...

In the current study, led by researchers Olof Lindberg at Karolinska Institutet and Alexander Santillo at Lund University, 28 patients diagnosed with frontal lobe dementia were analyzed using ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a disease. It is caused by the progressive loss of nerve cells in the brain's frontal and temporal lobes. As those areas shrink it can lead to changes in a person ...

Dementia, affecting millions worldwide ... Primarily affecting the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes, this type notably impacts personality, behavior, and language. It tends to develop earlier ...

He convincingly argues that the frontal lobes help serve a higher order executive ... accidents among the young and the increase of dementia due to an aging population. Goldberg gives some insight ...

This discovery is significant because there are currently no effective treatments for any type of dementia, including FTD.