Frontotemporal dementia is a brain disease that affects the parts of your brain responsible for behavior, speech and memory. “Frontotemporal” stems from the names frontal and temporal lobes, which are ...

Converging evidence suggests that when individuals are left to think to themselves, a so-called default network of the brain is engaged, allowing the individual to daydream, reflect on their past, ...

Researchers identify the rostral prefrontal cortex as the essential bridge between spontaneous and executive brain networks ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of diseases that damage the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. These lobes, located on the front and sides of your brain, are important for personality, ...

Sparks of visual artistic creativity occurred early in frontotemporal dementia and were disproportionately observed in patients with temporal lobe-predominant degeneration, a case-control study showed ...

Frontotemporal dementia affects the part of the brain that controls your behavior, decision-making, and personality. It’s a progressive condition that has distinct stages. Share on Pinterest FG ...

Blockbuster action movie star Bruce Willis stepped away from acting in spring 2022 after being diagnosed with aphasia, a neurological disorder that impacts the ability to produce and understand words.

A recent study has found that epileptic seizures occur more frequently in patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) than earlier estimates suggested. This research sheds new light on the clinical ...

A loved one undergoing massive shifts in personality or speech can be challenging to work with. You might be wondering if it’s already a symptom of an underlying disease. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) ...

University of Utah researchers at the Pulst-Scoles Laboratory have discovered that reducing levels of the STAUFEN-1 protein can prevent neuron death caused by DNA damage and p53 activation in ...