Anosognosia for behavioral disturbances in frontotemporal dementia and corticobasal syndrome: A voxel-based morphometry study.

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BACKGROUND: Patients with syndromes of the frontotemporal dementia spectrum are frequently unaware of their behavioral changes. METHODS: Seventy patients with a clinical diagnosis of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bv-FTD, n = 27), aphasic variant frontotemporal dementia (a-FTD, n = 12) and corticobasal syndrome (CBS, n = 31) participated in the study. Anosognosia for behavioral disturbances was measured as discrepancy between caregiver's and patient's ratings on the Frontal Syst...

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Authors: Zamboni, G; Grafman, J; Krueger, F; Knutson, K; Huey, E

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 88-96
• Publication date: 2010-01-01
• DOI: 10.1159/000255141
• EISSN: 1421-9824
• ISSN: 1420-8008
• Language: English
• Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Female; Humans; Behavior; Retrospective Studies; Parietal Lobe; Disease Progression; Basal Ganglia; Temporal Lobe; Brain; Neuropsychological Tests; Middle Aged; Male; Aged; Behavioral Symptoms; Atrophy; Frontal Lobe; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Basal Ganglia Diseases; Memory Disorders; Socioeconomic Factors; Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted