Thin sections through the temporal lobes can demonstrate hippocampal atrophy or sclerosis, which are common in epilepsy and dementia. Coronal imaging on MRI is especially helpful in the detection of asymmetric hippocampal atrophy. At a time when gross atrophy of the tissue is hard to detect, PET ...
A statement released on behalf of her caretakers says the 59-year-old has primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, the same form of the illness as actorBruce Willis. The condition has "already presented significant hurdles in Wendy's life" and caused behavioural and cogniti...
Aphasia can be coincident with some cognitive impairments depending on pathology, residual fluency, and lesion location [1]. Stroke is the most common cause of aphasia, but head injuries, tumors, and neurological conditions such as dementia can also lead to aphasia. There are two major types of...
Persons were excluded if they had a delirium, severe psychiatric disease, dementia, or a life expectancy ≤ 6 months according to the primary responsible physician. Instruments Questionnaires 1 and 2 Characteristics of persons with aphasia were assessed with two questionnaires. A informal caregiver...
primary progressive aphasia; natural history; longitudinal assessment; cognitive changes; behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia; level of functioning1. Introduction Primary progressive aphasias (PPA) are a group of neurodegenerative diseases that present with an insidious, progressive, and ...