Brain connectivity in neurodegenerative diseases—from phenotype to proteinopathy

M Pievani, N Filippini, MP Van Den Heuvel… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Functional and structural connectivity measures, as assessed by means of functional and
diffusion MRI, are emerging as potential intermediate biomarkers for Alzheimer disease (AD) …

Imaging and fluid biomarkers in frontotemporal dementia

LH Meeter, LD Kaat, JD Rohrer… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the second most common type of presenile dementia, is a
heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive behavioural …

Presymptomatic cognitive and neuroanatomical changes in genetic frontotemporal dementia in the Genetic Frontotemporal dementia Initiative (GENFI) study: a cross …

JD Rohrer, JM Nicholas, DM Cash… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Frontotemporal dementia is a highly heritable neurodegenerative disorder. In
about a third of patients, the disease is caused by autosomal dominant genetic mutations …

Quantitative classification of primary progressive aphasia at early and mild impairment stages

MM Mesulam, C Wieneke, C Thompson, E Rogalski… - Brain, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The characteristics of early and mild disease in primary progressive aphasia are poorly
understood. This report is based on 25 patients with aphasia quotients> 85%, 13 of whom …

Progranulin: a new avenue towards the understanding and treatment of neurodegenerative disease

BP Chitramuthu, HPJ Bennett, A Bateman - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Progranulin, a secreted glycoprotein, is encoded in humans by the single GRN gene.
Progranulin consists of seven and a half, tandemly repeated, non-identical copies of the 12 …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct profiles of brain atrophy in frontotemporal lobar degeneration caused by progranulin and tau mutations

JD Rohrer, GR Ridgway, M Modat, S Ourselin, S Mead… - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
Neural network breakdown is a key issue in neurodegenerative disease, but the
mechanisms are poorly understood. Here we investigated patterns of brain atrophy …

Structural and functional brain connectivity in presymptomatic familial frontotemporal dementia

EGP Dopper, SARB Rombouts, LC Jiskoot… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: We aimed to investigate whether cognitive deficits and structural and functional
connectivity changes can be detected before symptom onset in a large cohort of carriers of …

Longitudinal multimodal MRI as prognostic and diagnostic biomarker in presymptomatic familial frontotemporal dementia

LC Jiskoot, JL Panman, LH Meeter, EGP Dopper… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Developing and validating sensitive biomarkers for the presymptomatic stage of familial
frontotemporal dementia is an important step in early diagnosis and for the design of future …

Phenotypic heterogeneity of monogenic frontotemporal dementia

A Benussi, A Padovani, B Borroni - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a genetically and pathologically heterogeneous disorder
characterized by personality changes, language impairment, and deficits of executive …

Critical role of the right uncinate fasciculus in emotional empathy

K Oishi, AV Faria, J Hsu, D Tippett, S Mori… - Annals of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Common neurological diseases or injuries that can affect the right hemisphere,
including stroke, traumatic brain injury, and frontotemporal dementia, disrupt emotional …