Frontotemporal lobar degeneration

M Grossman, WW Seeley, AL Boxer, AE Hillis… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is one of the most common causes of early-onset
dementia and presents with early social–emotional–behavioural and/or language changes …

Behavioral treatment for speech and language in primary progressive Aphasia and primary progressive Apraxia of speech: A systematic review

LD Wauters, K Croot, HR Dial, JR Duffy… - Neuropsychology …, 2023 - Springer
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS) are
neurodegenerative syndromes characterized by progressive decline in language or speech …

Past, present, and future of non-invasive brain stimulation approaches to treat cognitive impairment in neurodegenerative diseases: time for a comprehensive critical …

C Sanches, C Stengel, J Godard, J Mertz… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Low birth rates and increasing life expectancy experienced by developed societies have
placed an unprecedented pressure on governments and the health system to deal …

The developmental trajectory of functional excitation‐inhibition balance relates to language abilities in autistic and allistic children

H Plueckebaum, L Meyer, AK Beck… - Autism Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition that has been related to an overall imbalance
between the brain's excitatory (E) and inhibitory (I) systems. Such an EI imbalance can lead …

Advances in the treatment and management of frontotemporal dementia

A Benussi, B Borroni - Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder,
characterized by a wide range of pathological conditions associated with the buildup of …

MRS in neurodegenerative dementias, prodromal syndromes and at‐risk states: a systematic review of the literature

E McKiernan, L Su, J O'Brien - NMR in Biomedicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background In recent years, MRS has benefited from increased MRI field strengths, new
acquisition protocols and new processing techniques. This review aims to determine how …

Effects of tDCS on sound duration in patients with apraxia of speech in primary progressive aphasia

C Themistocleous, K Webster, K Tsapkini - Brain sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) was
found to improve oral and written naming in post-stroke and primary progressive aphasia …

A systematic review of transcranial direct current stimulation in primary progressive aphasia: methodological considerations

S Coemans, E Struys, D Vandenborre… - Frontiers in aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A variety of tDCS approaches has been used to investigate the potential of tDCS to improve
language outcomes, or slow down the decay of language competences caused by Primary …

Specificity in generalization effects of transcranial direct current stimulation over the left inferior frontal gyrus in primary progressive aphasia

Z Wang, BN Ficek, KT Webster, O Herrmann… - … : Technology at the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Generalization (or near-transfer) effects of an intervention to tasks not explicitly
trained are the most desirable intervention outcomes. However, they are rarely reported and …

Selective functional network changes following tDCS-augmented language treatment in primary progressive aphasia

Y Tao, B Ficek, Z Wang, B Rapp… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has shown promising results when
used as an adjunct to behavioral training in neurodegenerative diseases. However, the …