Enhancing levels of "healthy fats" like omega-3s in the brain could be beneficial in motor neuron disease (MND) finds a new ...

Phosphorylated tau 217 better detected Alzheimer’s disease pathology across a range of neurodegenerative syndromes compared ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can be hard to diagnose, because it is an uncommon type of dementia and does not cause memory problems at first. However, there are some ways to diagnose FTD including ...

Unlike Alzheimer's which is characterised by memory problems, frontotemporal dementia involves degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, affecting personality and behaviour. Dr ...

Fibroid degeneration occurs when a uterine fibroid outgrows its limited blood supply and begins to die. Fibroids are benign uterine growths made of smooth muscle cells and fibrous tissue. Some people ...

The study used gold-standard autopsy confirmation to show that a blood test for Alzheimer's disease accurately detected amyloid plaques and tau tangles across several clinical syndromes, including ...

USA Background The aetiology and pathogenesis of non-genetic forms of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is unknown and even with the genetic forms of FTD, pathogenesis remains elusive. Given the ...

Historically, frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), corticobasal degeneration (CBD) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) were classified on the basis of distinct clinical and pathological ...

Australia Objective To assess the impact of new clinical diagnostic criteria for frontotemporal dementia (FTD) syndromes, including primary progressive aphasias (PPA), on prior clinical diagnosis and ...

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