The term frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) defines a heterogeneous group of pathological disorders that are considered to be interrelated and can be associated with a clinical diagnosis of ...

Researchers have uncovered the mechanism underlying frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) caused by variants in the valosin-containing protein (VCP) gene. Their study, which used a fruit fly ...

November 9, 2009 — A new study confirms that frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), formerly called Pick's disease, is highly heritable, although heritability appears to vary widely among ...

The incidence of frontotemporal labor degeneration-associated disorders is more common in Europe than previously thought, with an estimated 12,057 new cases per year, researchers reported in JAMA ...

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Mutations in the TMEM106B gene significantly increases a person's risk of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), the second most common cause of dementia in those under 65, researchers have ...

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a neurodegenerative disease affecting the frontal and temporal lobes that regulate higher cognitive brain functions such as personality, behavior, and ...

Memory loss doesn’t just affect older people. One type, frontotemporal dementia (FTD), tends to happen between the ages of 45 and 60. Learn what causes it and how to treat FTD.

Actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a rare type of dementia, his family announced Thursday. The disease, also known as frontotemporal lobar degeneration, has ...

FTDs include frontotemporal lobar degeneration, Pick’s disease, progressive aphasia and semantic dementia. Early signs of frontotemporal dementia may involve the following symptoms: ...

Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal lobar degeneration, or FTD, his family revealed in February. There is no known cure for this form of dementia.