More information: Benjamin J Buehner et al, Medial temporal lobe atrophy in Down syndrome along the Alzheimer's disease continuum, Brain (2025). DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaf133 ...

Those are not the same areas where Alzheimer's is found; it is in the parietal lobe in the middle of the brain. Frontotemporal lobe dementia has two primary types and other subtypes.

Published in the journal Brain, the study precisely describes how atrophy progresses in the medial temporal lobe and demonstrates the value of MRI as an early structural biomarker. The study shows ...

Alzheimer's inflicts an estimated 7 million Americans 65 and older, a number expected to nearly double by 2050. Meanwhile, the prevalence of FTD is much smaller, with 50,000 to 60,000 people in ...

San Diego, CA, November 15, 2023: Wanda Smith is a senior care and dementia advocate, shown here at her home on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune) ...

Frontotemporal lobe dementia has two primary types and other subtypes. The type a person has depends on which protein buildup is causing the dementia as well as where in the frontal or temporal ...