FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA Definition & Meaning

frontotemporal dementia

[ fruhn-toh-tem-per-uhl di-men-shuh, dih-men-shee-uh ]

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noun

one of several brain disorders caused by degeneration of the frontal and/or temporal lobes of the brain and associated with behavioral changes, such as loss of inhibition, or with language impairment, such as difficulty finding words or the loss of one’s ability to speak fluently and grammatically. : FTD

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of frontotemporal dementia¹

First recorded in 1890–95; fronto- ( def ) + temporal ²( def )

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The study hopes to detect signs of frontotemporal dementia decades before it develops.

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His charity is now funding the development of a new blood test trial to detect signs of frontotemporal dementia 10 to 20 years before it is diagnosed.

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Dr Maura Malpetti, senior research fellow at the University of Cambridge, said the ON-FIRE study was looking at the type of frontotemporal dementia that was not genetic - where diagnoses could not necessarily be predicted.

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Dr Malpetti said people with frontotemporal dementia were often misdiagnosed.

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Bruce Willis left acting after he was diagnosed with aphasia and, a while later, with frontotemporal dementia.

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