Molecular neuropathology of frontotemporal dementia: insights into disease mechanisms from postmortem studies

IRA Mackenzie, M Neumann - Journal of neurochemistry, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a clinical syndrome with a heterogeneous molecular
basis. The past decade has seen the discovery of several new FTD‐causing genetic …

Frontotemporal dementia: latest evidence and clinical implications

JJ Young, M Lavakumar, D Tampi… - Therapeutic …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) describes a cluster of neurocognitive
syndromes that present with impairment of executive functioning, changes in behavior, and …

C9orf72 expansions in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

JD Rohrer, AM Isaacs, S Mizielinska, S Mead… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions are the most common cause of familial
frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) worldwide. The …

An update on clinical, genetic and pathological aspects of frontotemporal lobar degenerations

T Lashley, JD Rohrer, S Mead… - Neuropathology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The development of our understanding of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) has gathered pace
over the last 10 years. After taking a back seat to A lzheimer's disease for many years FTD …

The clinical spectrum of sporadic and familial forms of frontotemporal dementia

IOC Woollacott, JD Rohrer - Journal of neurochemistry, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The term frontotemporal dementia (FTD) describes a clinically, genetically and
pathologically diverse group of neurodegenerative disorders. Symptoms of FTD can present …

The widening spectrum of C9ORF72-related disease; genotype/phenotype correlations and potential modifiers of clinical phenotype

J Cooper-Knock, PJ Shaw, J Kirby - Acta neuropathologica, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The GGGGCC (G 4 C 2) repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the most common cause
of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal lobar dementia (FTLD) and …

Progranulin in neurodegenerative disease

TL Petkau, BR Leavitt - Trends in neurosciences, 2014 - cell.com
Loss-of-function mutations in the progranulin gene are a common cause of familial
frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The purpose of this review is to summarize the role of …

Defining the genetic connection linking amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with frontotemporal dementia (FTD)

S Lattante, S Ciura, GA Rouleau, E Kabashi - Trends in Genetics, 2015 - cell.com
Several genetic causes have been recently described for neurological diseases, increasing
our knowledge of the common pathological mechanisms involved in these disorders …

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 …

Brain distribution of dipeptide repeat proteins in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and motor neurone disease associated with expansions in C9ORF72

YS Davidson, H Barker, AC Robinson… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2014 - Springer
A hexanucleotide (GGGGCC) expansion in C9ORF72 gene is the most common genetic
change seen in familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) and familial Motor …