including dementia and other degenerative brain diseases, stroke, infections, or brain tumors. Frontal lobe damage can sometimes be diagnosed with imaging scans. In other cases, a ...

The Executive Brain is a popular account of the importance of the frontal lobes for human functioning ... among the young and the increase of dementia due to an aging population.

Peter Alexander was 49-years-old when he was diagnosed with dementia, or more specifically frontotemporal dementia (FTD) - ...

A new USC-led study suggests that assessing blood vessel health should be included in dementia diagnostics. A new USC-led ...

A major trial in frontotemporal dementia patients has found that oxytocin can help improve symptoms of apathy. A new study led by Western researchers suggests that frequent treatment with intranasal o ...

All but the FTD-MND patients had advanced clinical dementia (CDR=4-5). Compared with gender-matched mean control volumes, mean FTD volumes were reduced throughout the frontal lobes from stage 2 ...

A new study led by Western researchers found frequent treatment with intranasal oxytocin—a hormone in the brain ... dementia ...

“Even in individuals who had not yet developed kidney disease, we could see that kidney function was linked to brain atrophy.” This atrophy may explain why individuals with impaired kidney function ...