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Taylor KI, Probst A, Miserez AR, Monsch AU, Tolnay M. Clinical course of neuropathologically confirmed frontal-variant Alzheimer's disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 4:226-32. [DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2007] [Accepted: 11/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Pickering-Brown SM, Rollinson S, Du Plessis D, Morrison KE, Varma A, Richardson AMT, Neary D, Snowden JS, Mann DMA. Frequency and clinical characteristics of progranulin mutation carriers in the Manchester frontotemporal lobar degeneration cohort: comparison with patients with MAPT and no known mutations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 131:721-31. [PMID: 18192287 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Two hundred and twenty-three consecutive patients fulfilling clinical diagnostic criteria for frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), and 259 patients with motor neuron disease (MND), for whom genomic DNA was available, were investigated for the presence of mutations in tau (MAPT) and progranulin (PGRN) genes. All FTLD patients had undergone longitudinal neuropsychological and clinical assessment, and in 44 cases, the diagnosis had been pathologically confirmed at post-mortem. Six different PGRN mutations were found in 13 (6%) patients with FTLD. Four apparently unrelated patients shared exon Q415X 10 stop codon mutation. However, genotyping data revealed all four patients shared common alleles of 15 SNPs from rs708386 to rs5848, defining a 45.8-kb haplotype containing the whole PGRN gene, suggesting they are related. Three patients shared exon 11 R493X stop codon mutation. Four patients shared exon 10 V452WfsX38 frameshift mutation. Two of these patients were siblings, though not apparently related to the other patients who in turn appeared unrelated. One patient had exon 1 C31LfsX34 frameshift mutation, one had exon 4 Q130SfsX130 frameshift mutation and one had exon 10 Q468X stop codon mutation. In addition, two non-synonymous changes were detected: G168S change in exon 5 was found in a single patient, with no family history, who showed a mixed FTLD/MND picture and A324T change in exon 9 was found in two cases; one case of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with a sister with FTD+MND and the other in a case of progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA) without any apparent family history. MAPT mutations were found in 17 (8%) patients. One patient bore exon 10 + 13 splice mutation, and 16 patients bore exon 10 + 16 splice mutation. When PGRN and MAPT mutation carriers were excluded, there were no significant differences in either the allele or genotype frequencies, or haplotype frequencies, between the FTLD cohort as a whole, or for any clinical diagnostic FTLD subgroup, and 286 controls or between MND cases and controls. However, possession of the A allele of SNP rs9897526, in intron 4 of PGRN, delayed mean age at onset by approximately 4 years. Patients with PGRN and MAPT mutations did not differ significantly from other FTLD cases in terms of gender distribution or total duration of illness. However, a family history of dementia in a first-degree relative was invariably present in MAPT cases, but not always so in PGRN cases. Onset of illness was earlier in MAPT cases compared to PGRN and other FTLD cases. PNFA, combined with limb apraxia was significantly more common in PGRN mutation cases than other FTLD cases. By contrast, the behavioural disorder of FTD combined with semantic impairment was a strong predictor of MAPT mutations. These findings complement recent clinico-pathological findings in suggesting identifiable associations between clinical phenotype and genotype in FTLD.
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- Stuart M Pickering-Brown
- Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
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Marra C, Quaranta D, Zinno M, Misciagna S, Bizzarro A, Masullo C, Daniele A, Gainotti G. Clusters of cognitive and behavioral disorders clearly distinguish primary progressive aphasia from frontal lobe dementia, and Alzheimer's disease. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2008; 24:317-26. [PMID: 17851236 DOI: 10.1159/000108115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Frontal lobe dementia (FLD) and primary nonfluent progressive aphasia (PnPA) are two forms of frontotemporal lobe degeneration. The relationship between these conditions remains unclear. Our study aimed to better define the behavioral and cognitive clusters characterizing PnPA patients. METHODS We cognitively and behaviorally evaluated three groups of newly diagnosed patients affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD, n=20), FLD (n=22) and PnPA (n=10), in order to assess the cognitive-behavioral pattern of PnPA, compared to both FLD and AD. RESULTS We found, as expected, worse performances in episodic memory in AD, of both the verbal fluency and naming tasks in PnPA, while FLD mainly showed behavioral disorders associated with an unremarkable deficit in the executive tasks. PnPA was not characterized by any significant behavioral disorders. Factor analysis-extracted three main factors ('mnesic', 'behavioral' and 'linguistic') clearly correlated to each group. A discriminant analysis based on the extracted factors correctly classified 84.6% of all patients. CONCLUSION The evidence of a characteristics cognitive profile, without any significant behavioral changes, highlights that PnPA is different from other forms of frontotemporal lobe degeneration regarding both the cognitive and behavioral patterns; thus, it should be considered independently in further studies.
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- C Marra
- Neuropsychology Service of the Catholic University of Rome, Policlinico Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
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Figiel G, Sadowsky C. A systematic review of the effectiveness of rivastigmine for the treatment of behavioral disturbances in dementia and other neurological disorders. Curr Med Res Opin 2008; 24:157-66. [PMID: 18036286 DOI: 10.1185/030079908x260961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dementia is frequently associated with behavioral disturbances, some of which have a significant impact on patient quality of life and the likelihood of institutionalization. Cholinergic systems, among other neurotransmitters in the brain, appear to be involved with different behaviors, such as psychosis, depression, agitation, and personality changes. SCOPE This paper reviews the clinical data on the effectiveness of rivastigmine, a dual inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase, in ameliorating behavioral disturbances in different patient populations. Relevant articles were identified through MEDLINE searches with no date restrictions. FINDINGS In particular, rivastigmine has shown efficacy in treating behavioral disturbances in patients with a wide range of dementias - Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, fronto-temporal dementia, mixed dementia, Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's disease with dementia, and schizophrenia with dementia. Most of the studies have been open-label clinical trials with behavior as a secondary endpoint. The behavior domains that most consistently showed improvement were apathy/indifference, anxiety, delusions (psychosis), and hallucinations. The major limitation of this review is that the effects on behavioral symptoms were usually secondary endpoints in clinical trials. CONCLUSION The efficacious effects of treatment with rivastigmine on various behavioral disturbances provide supporting evidence that cholinergic mechanisms, among other neurotransmitters, are involved in the manifestation of some behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.
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- Gary Figiel
- Southeastern Geriatric Healthcare Group, Snellville, GA 30078, USA.
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de Carvalho IAM, Bahia VS, Mansur LL. Functional communication ability in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and Alzheimer's disease. Dement Neuropsychol 2008; 2:31-36. [PMID: 29213537 PMCID: PMC5619151 DOI: 10.1590/s1980-57642009dn20100007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Functional communication is crucial for independent and efficient communicative behavior in response to every day activities. In the course of dementia progression, cognitive losses may impair these abilities. For this reason, functional communication assessment should be part of a formal assessment to quantify and qualify the impact of deficiency on patients' lives. Objective To compare functional communication abilities in fronto-temporal lobar degeneration (FLTD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods Six AD patients (mean age: 82.50±2.66 years; mean education: 5.67±3.61 years), and eight FTLD patients (mean age: 57.13±9.63 years; mean education: 10.86±6.91 years) had their close relatives answer the Functional Assessment of Communication Skills for Adults (Asha-facs) . Statistical analyses correlated the performance on each of the Asha-facs domains (social communication, communication of basic needs; reading, writing, number concept and daily planning) between both groups. Results Analyses showed that functional communication was similar for AD and FTLD patients. Only two items had statistical difference, namely 'Comprehension of inference' (AD 6.7±1.33; FTLD 2.43±2.30, p=0.017) and 'capacity to make basic money transactions' (AD 2.17±2.04; FTLD 4.00±0.90, p=0.044). Comparison among the four domains' mean scores revealed no significant difference. Conclusion The Asha-facs is a useful instrument to characterize functional communication abilities in both FTLD and AD. Nevertheless, the analysis presented for this sample showed that the Asha-facs could not discriminate which aspects of the FTLD and AD differed.
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- Isabel Albuquerque M de Carvalho
- PhD, Speech-language Pathologist of Old Age Research Group (PROTER) and CEREDIC, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo. São Paulo , Brazil
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- MD, PhD. Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
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- PhD, Assistant Professor - Department of Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy - University of São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil
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Rabinovici GD, Rascovsky K, Miller BL. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration: clinical and pathologic overview. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2008; 89:343-64. [PMID: 18631759 DOI: 10.1016/s0072-9752(07)01233-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Zusammenfassung: Das Apathie-Syndrom lässt sich auffassen als ein Mangel an selbst-initiiertem Verhalten (motorisch, sprachlich, kognitiv, affektiv). Apathie stellt das häufigste neuropsychiatrische Symptom der Alzheimer-Demenz dar und kann in Verbindung gebracht werden mit stärker beeinträchtigter Alltagsfunktion, rascherer Progredienz des kognitiven Abbaus und deutlicher reduzierter Lebensqualität der betreuenden Angehörigen. Trotz weitestgehend fehlender Evidenzbasierung gibt es ein Reihe therapeutischer Optionen, die in der vorliegenden Übersichtsarbeit zusammengefasst und bewertet werden. Nach Ausschluss eines depressiven Syndroms stehen hierbei die Unterstützung der Betreuenden durch Psychoedukation sowie individualisiertes verhaltenstherapeutisch orientiertes Patientenmanagement im Vordergrund. Psychopharmakologisch sollten die zugelassenen Antidementiva (Cholinesterase-Hemmer und/oder Memantine) eingesetzt werden, da diese die Wahrscheinlichkeit des Auftretens und die Ausprägung einer Apathie reduzieren. Für den Einsatz aktivierender Psychopharmaka wie Methylphenidat, Modafinil, Amantadin, Bupropion oder anderer dopaminerger Substanzen liegen gegenwärtig nur sehr begrenzte, z. T. nur kasuistische empirische Daten vor. Zusammenfassend empfehlen die Autoren eine kombinierte Behandlung mit Verhaltenstherapie plus Antidementivum (Cholinesterase-Hemmer und/ oder Memantine).
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Kayasuga Y, Chiba S, Suzuki M, Kikusui T, Matsuwaki T, Yamanouchi K, Kotaki H, Horai R, Iwakura Y, Nishihara M. Alteration of behavioural phenotype in mice by targeted disruption of the progranulin gene. Behav Brain Res 2007; 185:110-8. [PMID: 17764761 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Revised: 07/12/2007] [Accepted: 07/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sexual differentiation of the brain in rodents is achieved by estrogens, which are converted from androgens in the brain, during the perinatal period. We have identified the progranulin (PGRN) gene as one of the sex steroid-inducible genes that may be involved in masculinization of the rat brain. In the present study, we generated a line of mice with targeted disruption of the PGRN gene, and investigated male sexual behaviour, aggression and anxiety. PGRN-deficient mice exhibited a decrease in ejaculation incidence, while the latency and frequency of both mount and intromission were unchanged. For the aggressive behaviour test, the resident-intruder paradigm was used, and PGRN-deficient mice exhibited enhanced aggressiveness. In wild-type mice, males exhibited lower levels of anxiety than females by the open field test, while male PGRN-deficient mice exhibited an elevated level of anxiety and sex difference in anxiety was not observed. In addition, mRNA expression of the serotonergic receptor 5-HT1A, which could be related to the inhibition of aggression and anxiety, was significantly reduced in the hippocampus of PGRN-deficient mice after aggressive encounters. On the other hand, deficiency of the PGRN gene did not affect serum testosterone concentrations. These results suggest that PGRN gene plays a role in establishing sexual dimorphic behaviours at least partially by modulating the brain serotonergic system.
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- Yuko Kayasuga
- Department of Veterinary Physiology, Veterinary Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Filimonenko M, Stuffers S, Raiborg C, Yamamoto A, Malerød L, Fisher EMC, Isaacs A, Brech A, Stenmark H, Simonsen A. Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic clearance of protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 179:485-500. [PMID: 17984323 PMCID: PMC2064794 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200702115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 475] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRTs) are required to sort integral membrane proteins into intralumenal vesicles of the multivesicular body (MVB). Mutations in the ESCRT-III subunit CHMP2B were recently associated with frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), neurodegenerative diseases characterized by abnormal ubiquitin-positive protein deposits in affected neurons. We show here that autophagic degradation is inhibited in cells depleted of ESCRT subunits and in cells expressing CHMP2B mutants, leading to accumulation of protein aggregates containing ubiquitinated proteins, p62 and Alfy. Moreover, we find that functional MVBs are required for clearance of TDP-43 (identified as the major ubiquitinated protein in ALS and frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin deposits), and of expanded polyglutamine aggregates associated with Huntington's disease. Together, our data indicate that efficient autophagic degradation requires functional MVBs and provide a possible explanation to the observed neurodegenerative phenotype seen in patients with CHMP2B mutations.
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- Maria Filimonenko
- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo and Department of Biochemistry, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
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Higashi S, Iseki E, Yamamoto R, Minegishi M, Hino H, Fujisawa K, Togo T, Katsuse O, Uchikado H, Furukawa Y, Kosaka K, Arai H. Concurrence of TDP-43, tau and α-synuclein pathology in brains of Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Brain Res 2007; 1184:284-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.09.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 252] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2007] [Revised: 09/13/2007] [Accepted: 09/15/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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HERHOLZ K, CARTER SF, JONES M. Positron emission tomography imaging in dementia. Br J Radiol 2007; 80 Spec No 2:S160-7. [DOI: 10.1259/bjr/97295129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a progressive neurodegenerative
disorder that involves the frontal and anterior temporal lobes. It is
characterized by prominent behavioral and language disorders. There are three
variants of FTLD: frontotemporal dementia (FTD), semantic dementia (SD) and
progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA). FTLD may be mistaken for AD (Alzheimer’s
disease) or psychiatric disorders especially in the early stages.
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- Valéria Santoro Bahia
- MD, PhD Brazil. Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo
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Goldman JS, Adamson J, Karydas A, Miller BL, Hutton M. New genes, new dilemmas: FTLD genetics and its implications for families. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 2007; 22:507-15. [PMID: 18166610 PMCID: PMC10846215 DOI: 10.1177/1533317507306662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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After Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is the second leading cause of dementia in persons less than 65 years of age. Up to 40% of FTLD cases have a positive family history. Research on these families has led to the discovery of four disease-causing genes: microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT), progranulin (PGRN), valosin-containing protein (VCP), and charged multivesicular body protein 2B (CHMP2B). MAPT and PGRN are responsible for the largest number of familial cases. Each of these genes differs by disease mechanism. Moreover mutations in both genes are associated with significant interfamilial and intrafamilial phenotypic variation. Genetic counseling needs to address the differences between the PGRN and MAPT mutations as well as the variation in clinical symptoms. The aims of this article are to describe the genetics of the FTLD spectrum and aid in the genetic counseling of individuals who may carry genetic mutations.
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- Jill S Goldman
- Sergievsky Center and Taub Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10036, USA.
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Carey CL, Woods SP, Damon J, Halabi C, Dean D, Delis DC, Miller BL, Kramer JH. Discriminant validity and neuroanatomical correlates of rule monitoring in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychologia 2007; 46:1081-7. [PMID: 18093623 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2007] [Revised: 10/31/2007] [Accepted: 11/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Despite the predominant frontal neuropathology of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), traditional measures of executive functioning do not reliably distinguish FTD from Alzheimer's disease (AD). Performance monitoring is an executive function that is associated with frontal lobe integrity and may be disrupted in FTD. The current study adopted a component process approach to evaluate the discriminant validity and neuroanatomical correlates of performance monitoring (i.e., rule monitoring) during an executive spatial planning task. Forty-four participants with FTD, 30 with AD, and 27 healthy comparison (HC) subjects completed the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) Tower task. A subset of patients underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging to obtain regional measures of cortical volumes. FTD and AD groups demonstrated significantly poorer overall achievement scores on the Tower test relative to the HC sample, but did not differ from one another. In contrast, the FTD group committed significantly more rule violation errors than both HC and AD groups, indicating poorer performance monitoring. In addition, poorer overall achievement correlated with smaller brain volumes in several regions, including bilateral frontal and parietal regions, whereas an increased number of rule violations correlated specifically with decreased bilateral frontal volume. Both left and right frontal volumes remained significant predictors of rule violation errors after controlling for the contribution of overall achievement on the task and all other brain regions. Findings are consistent with literature implicating the frontal lobes in performance monitoring and highlight the importance of characterizing the component processes of performance failures in the cognitive assessment of FTD and AD.
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- Catherine L Carey
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, United States.
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Schumacher A, Friedrich P, Diehl-Schmid J, Ibach B, Eisele T, Laws SM, Förstl H, Kurz A, Riemenschneider M. No association of chromatin-modifying protein 2B with sporadic frontotemporal dementia. Neurobiol Aging 2007; 28:1789-90. [PMID: 16979267 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2006] [Revised: 07/11/2006] [Accepted: 07/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Mutations of the chromatin modifying protein 2B gene (CHMP2B) were identified, in a Danish pedigree, to cause familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD). To explore the possible genetic contribution of common CHMP2B variants in sporadic FTD, we analyzed 14 single nucleotide polymorphisms covering the entire genomic region of CHMP2B. After adjustment for multiple testing single marker and haplotype analysis revealed no significant association with sporadic FTD. Thus, we conclude that CHMP2B can be excluded as a susceptibility gene conferring risk to sporadic forms of FTD.
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- Axel Schumacher
- Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Neurogenetics, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Munich, Germany
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Norlinah IM, Bhatia KP, Ostergaard K, Howard R, Arabia G, Quinn NP. Primary lateral sclerosis mimicking atypical parkinsonism. Mov Disord 2007; 22:2057-62. [PMID: 17702034 DOI: 10.1002/mds.21645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), the upper motor neurone variant of motor neurone disease, is characterized by progressive spinal or bulbar spasticity with minimal motor weakness. Rarely, PLS may present with clinical features resembling parkinsonism resulting in occasional misdiagnosis as one of the atypical parkinsonian syndromes. Here we describe five patients initially referred with a diagnosis of levodopa-unresponsive atypical parkinsonism (n = 4) or primary progressive multiple sclerosis (n = 1), but subsequently found to have features consistent with PLS instead. Onset age varied from 49 to 67 years. Unilateral limb slowness or clumsiness was the initial complaint in four, and bulbar symptoms in one. Repeated finger/foot tapping was slow in all five, but without fatiguing or decrement. Spasticity with hyperreflexia, exaggerated jaw jerk and extensor plantar responses were eventually seen in all patients. Anterior horn cell involvement developed in three cases. Early gait disturbances resulting in falls were seen in all patients and none of them responded to dopaminergic medications. Two patients underwent dopamine transporter (DaT) SPECT scanning with normal results. Other features included emotional lability (n = 5) and cognitive impairment involving frontal subcortical systems (n = 1). In conclusion, these cases represent a subgroup of PLS patients in whom pyramidal slowness may be mistaken for akinesia, and spasticity misconstrued as rigidity, leading to an erroneous diagnosis of atypical parkinsonism. However, the absence of fatiguing and decrement on repeated finger/foot tapping should help to distinguish these patients from the true atypical parkinsonian syndromes.
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- Ibrahim M Norlinah
- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
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Behavioral manifestations may dominate the clinical picture of the frontal variant of frontotemporal dementia (fv-FTD) for a long time before the appearance of true cognitive deficits. On the other hand, a deficit in the episodic memory domain represents the main manifestation of Alzheimer's disease (AD), Many behavioral disorders have been described in the clinical course of both FTD and AD; however, apathy and personality changes characterize frontal dementias, while depression dominates in AD, at least in the earlier stages. Depending on the distribution of neural damage, different patterns of noncognitive manifestations may be expected in different subtypes of FTD, Recent research on the social cognition deficit in FTD has offered new insights into the relationship between cognition and behavior, suggesting that some aspects of the behavioral changes in dementia may be generated by impairment in this domain.
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van der Zee J, Urwin H, Engelborghs S, Bruyland M, Vandenberghe R, Dermaut B, De Pooter T, Peeters K, Santens P, De Deyn PP, Fisher EM, Collinge J, Isaacs AM, Van Broeckhoven C. CHMP2B C-truncating mutations in frontotemporal lobar degeneration are associated with an aberrant endosomal phenotype in vitro. Hum Mol Genet 2007; 17:313-22. [PMID: 17956895 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The charged multivesicular body protein 2B gene (CHMP2B) was recently associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) linked to chromosome 3 in a Danish FTLD family (FTD-3). In this family, a mutation in the acceptor splice site of exon 6 produced two aberrant transcripts predicting two C-truncated CHMP2B proteins due to a read through of intron 5 (p.Met178ValfsX2) and a cryptic splicing event within exon 6 (p.Met178LeufsX30). Extensive mutation analysis of CHMP2B in Belgian patients (N = 146) identified one nonsense mutation in exon 5 (c.493C>T) in a familial FTLD patient, predicting a C-truncated protein p.Gln165X analogous to the Danish mutant proteins. Overexpression of Belgian p.Gln165X in human neuroblastoma SK-N-SH cells showed the formation of large, aberrant endosomal structures that were highly similar to those observed for Danish p.Met178ValfsX2. Together, these data suggest that C-truncating mutations in CHMP2B might underlie the pathogenic mechanism in FTLD by disturbing endosome function. We also describe a missense mutation in exon 5 of CHMP2B (p.Asn143Ser) in a familial patient with cortical basal degeneration. However, the pathogenic character of this mutation remains elusive.
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- Julie van der Zee
- Neurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB, Antwerpen, Belgium
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This article describes the remarkable progress that has been made over the past decade in identifying the genetic contribution to frontotemporal dementia. The clinical and neuropathologic features of frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 and the nature of the mutations in the progranulin and microtubule-associated protein tau genes are emphasized.
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- Kristoffer Haugarvoll
- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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Omar R, Warren JD, Ron MA, Lees AJ, Rossor MN, Kartsounis LD. The neuro-behavioural syndrome of brainstem disease. Neurocase 2007; 13:452-65. [PMID: 18781444 DOI: 10.1080/13554790802001403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We describe two patients with isolated brainstem lesions who exhibited behavioural and cognitive changes that are commonly associated with frontal lobe pathology, as leading clinical features. These cases illustrate the role of distributed neural networks in cognitive and behavioural processes. The brainstem, frontal-subcortical and limbic systems are extensively and reciprocally linked via neurotransmitter projection pathways. We argue that cognitive and behavioural features in patients with brainstem lesions reflect remote effects of brainstem structures on frontal lobe and limbic regions, as a consequence of disruption to ascending neurotransmitter pathways.
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- R Omar
- Dementia Research Centre, Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London, UK
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Krueger F, Rostami E, Huey ED, Snyder A, Grafman J. Evidence of an inferior total-order planning strategy in patients with frontotemporal dementia. Neurocase 2007; 13:426-37. [PMID: 18781442 DOI: 10.1080/13554790701881723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We investigated planning abilities in patients with frontal temporal dementia (FTD) and normal controls (NC) using a chore location planning task. Planning tasks with increasing complexity could be either solved by constructing a linear total plan (total-order planning) or partially ordered sub-plans (partial-order planning). The NC group appeared to use partial-order planning, while the FTD group appeared to use total-order planning based on error pattern in performance, task-solution, and planning time. Our results are a reminder that besides social impairments, FTD patients also demonstrate higher-order cognitive impairment in domains such as planning and that these impairments may also have a profound effect upon the patients' day-to-day functioning.
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- Frank Krueger
- Cognitive Neuroscience Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1440, USA
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Neuropsychological testing and assessment for dementia. Alzheimers Dement 2007; 3:299-317. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2007.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2007] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hsiung GR, Dessa Sadovnick A. Genetics and dementia: Risk factors, diagnosis, and management. Alzheimers Dement 2007; 3:418-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2007.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2007] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Ging‐Yuek Robin Hsiung
- Division of NeurologyUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBCCanada
- Brain Research CentreUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBCCanada
- St. Paul's HospitalProvidence Health Care CenterVancouverBritish ColumbiaCanada
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- Brain Research CentreUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBCCanada
- Department of Medical GeneticsUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBCCanada
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Dubois B, Feldman HH, Jacova C, Dekosky ST, Barberger-Gateau P, Cummings J, Delacourte A, Galasko D, Gauthier S, Jicha G, Meguro K, O'brien J, Pasquier F, Robert P, Rossor M, Salloway S, Stern Y, Visser PJ, Scheltens P. Research criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: revising the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria. Lancet Neurol 2007; 6:734-46. [PMID: 17616482 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(07)70178-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2786] [Impact Index Per Article: 163.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The NINCDS-ADRDA and the DSM-IV-TR criteria for Alzheimer's disease (AD) are the prevailing diagnostic standards in research; however, they have now fallen behind the unprecedented growth of scientific knowledge. Distinctive and reliable biomarkers of AD are now available through structural MRI, molecular neuroimaging with PET, and cerebrospinal fluid analyses. This progress provides the impetus for our proposal of revised diagnostic criteria for AD. Our framework was developed to capture both the earliest stages, before full-blown dementia, as well as the full spectrum of the illness. These new criteria are centred on a clinical core of early and significant episodic memory impairment. They stipulate that there must also be at least one or more abnormal biomarkers among structural neuroimaging with MRI, molecular neuroimaging with PET, and cerebrospinal fluid analysis of amyloid beta or tau proteins. The timeliness of these criteria is highlighted by the many drugs in development that are directed at changing pathogenesis, particularly at the production and clearance of amyloid beta as well as at the hyperphosphorylation state of tau. Validation studies in existing and prospective cohorts are needed to advance these criteria and optimise their sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy.
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- Bruno Dubois
- INSERM U610, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
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Lee JA, Beigneux A, Ahmad ST, Young SG, Gao FB. ESCRT-III dysfunction causes autophagosome accumulation and neurodegeneration. Curr Biol 2007; 17:1561-7. [PMID: 17683935 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 372] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2007] [Revised: 07/13/2007] [Accepted: 07/16/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Defects in the endosomal-lysosomal pathway have been implicated in a number of neurodegenerative disorders. A key step in the endocytic regulation of transmembrane proteins occurs in a subset of late-endosomal compartments known as multivesicular bodies (MVBs), whose formation is controlled by endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT). The roles of ESCRT in dendritic maintenance and neurodegeneration remain unknown. Here, we show that mSnf7-2, a key component of ESCRT-III, is highly expressed in most mammalian neurons. Loss of mSnf7-2 in mature cortical neurons caused retraction of dendrites and neuronal cell loss. mSnf7-2 binds to CHMP2B, another ESCRT-III subunit, in which a rare dominant mutation is associated with frontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 3 (FTD3). Ectopic expression of the mutant protein CHMP2B(Intron5) also caused dendritic retraction prior to neurodegeneration. CHMP2B(Intron5) was associated more avidly than CHMP2B(WT) with mSnf7-2, resulting in sequestration of mSnf7-2 in ubiquitin-positive late-endosomal vesicles in cortical neurons. Moreover, loss of mSnf7-2 or CHMP2B(Intron5) expression caused the accumulation of autophagosomes in cortical neurons and flies. These findings indicate that ESCRT-III dysfunction is associated with the autophagy pathway, suggesting a novel neurodegeneration mechanism that may have important implications for understanding FTD and other age-dependent neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Jin-A Lee
- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, USA
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Fellgiebel A, Müller MJ, Hiemke C, Bartenstein P, Schreckenberger M. Clinical improvement in a case of frontotemporal dementia under aripiprazole treatment corresponds to partial recovery of disturbed frontal glucose metabolism. World J Biol Psychiatry 2007; 8:123-6. [PMID: 17455105 DOI: 10.1080/15622970601016538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is increasingly recognized as an important type of degenerative dementia but satisfactory pharmacological treatment has not yet been established. We examined the clinical effects of aripiprazole, a new antipsychotic with partial agonistic properties at serotonin 5-HT(1A) and dopamine D(2) receptors, in parallel with cortical glucose metabolism changes. We conducted a follow-up investigation of clinical status and (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in a 73-year-old male patient with FTD over a 13-month period. Under conventional drug treatment during the first 12 months a marked increase in dementia symptoms was observed. Frontal lobe glucose metabolism clearly decreased during this time period. Under consecutive treatment with aripiprazole a significant and stable improvement of clinical symptoms could be registered, while disturbed frontal glucose metabolism increased significantly. According to this case experience, further investigations should be undertaken to ascertain whether aripiprazole or other atypical antipsychotics with properties to improve impaired dopaminergic transmission in frontal brain regions could qualify for therapy of FTD.
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Strydom A, Livingston G, King M, Hassiotis A. Prevalence of dementia in intellectual disability using different diagnostic criteria. Br J Psychiatry 2007; 191:150-7. [PMID: 17666500 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.028845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diagnosis of dementia is complex in adults with intellectual disability owing to their pre-existing deficits and different presentation. AIMS To describe the clinical features and prevalence of dementia and its subtypes, and to compare the concurrent validity of dementia criteria in older adults with intellectual disability. METHOD The Becoming Older with Learning Disability (BOLD) memory study is a two-stage epidemiological survey of adults with intellectual disability without Down syndrome aged 60 years and older, with comprehensive assessment of people who screen positive. Dementia was diagnosed according to ICD-10, DSM-IV and DC-LD criteria. RESULTS The DSM-IV dementia criteria were more inclusive. Diagnosis using ICD-10 excluded people with even moderate dementia. Clinical subtypes of dementia can be recognised in adults with intellectual disability. Alzheimer's dementia was the most common, with a prevalence of 8.6% (95% CI 5.2-13.0), almost three times greater than expected. CONCLUSIONS Dementia is common in older adults with intellectual disability, but prevalence differs according to the diagnostic criteria used. This has implications for clinical practice.
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- A Strydom
- Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, UCL Hampstead Campus, London NW3 2PF, UK.
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Schumacher A, Friedrich P, Diehl-Schmid J, Ibach B, Perneczky R, Eisele T, Vukovich R, Foerstl H, Riemenschneider M. No association of TDP-43 with sporadic frontotemporal dementia. Neurobiol Aging 2007; 30:157-9. [PMID: 17614162 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2007] [Revised: 05/15/2007] [Accepted: 05/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A hyperphosphorylated, ubiquitinated form of TDP-43, known as pathologic TDP-43, was shown to be a central component of ubiquitin-positive, tau-negative and alpha-synuclein-negative inclusions in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD-U) and amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). To investigate the role of the TDP-43 gene in sporadic forms of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), we genotyped 10 single nucleotide polymorphisms covering the entire TDP-43 genomic region, including the MASP2 gene in 173 patients with sporadic FTD (including 7 patients that were diagnosed with FTD and ALS) and 184 matched controls from Germany. Although we could observe a weak trend towards a potential disease association in a few FTD/ALS patients, no significant association with sporadic FTD could be demonstrated. There is no evidence, that common variants in TDP-43 confer a strong risk to the development of sporadic FTD.
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- Axel Schumacher
- Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Neurogenetics, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ismanigerstr. 22, TU-Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
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Bian H, Grossman M. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration: recent progress in antemortem diagnosis. Acta Neuropathol 2007; 114:23-9. [PMID: 17541785 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-007-0235-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2007] [Revised: 05/05/2007] [Accepted: 05/08/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by changes in behaviour and language dysfunction. Two broad pathological subdivisions of FTLD are recognized in a recent classification scheme based on biochemical features: tau-positive pathology due to the accumulation of various forms of the microtubule-associated protein tau, such as FTLD with Pick bodies and corticobasal degeneration; and tau-negative pathology such as frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin/TDP-43-immunoreactive inclusions. Etiologically based treatments aim to target the mechanisms underlying the accumulation of these abnormal proteins in these conditions. It is essential for us to develop biomarkers that support the accurate diagnosis of the specific diseases causing FTLD. These biomarkers also can be useful in assessing efficacy during treatment trials. This review summarizes the epidemiologic, clinical, neuropsychological, imaging and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker features that can help identify these pathologically defined conditions during life.
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- Hong Bian
- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Schroeter ML, Raczka K, Neumann J, Yves von Cramon D. Towards a nosology for frontotemporal lobar degenerations—A meta-analysis involving 267 subjects. Neuroimage 2007; 36:497-510. [PMID: 17478101 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2007] [Revised: 02/20/2007] [Accepted: 03/14/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Frontotemporal lobar degeneration is the second most common diagnosis of dementia in individuals younger than 65 years. We conducted a systematic and quantitative meta-analysis to examine neural correlates of frontotemporal lobar degeneration and its subtypes and to place the disease in a framework of cognitive neuropsychiatry. MedLine and Current Contents search engines were used to identify functional and anatomical imaging studies investigating frontotemporal lobar degeneration between 1980 and 2005. Studies were included, if they were peer-reviewed, applied internationally recognized diagnostic criteria, were original studies, and had results normalized to a stereotactic space. 19 studies were identified reporting either atrophy or decreases in glucose utilization. Finally, the analysis involved 267 subjects suffering from frontotemporal lobar degeneration and 351 control subjects. A quantitative meta-analysis was performed. Maxima of the studies resulted in activation likelihood estimates. The meta-analysis revealed specific neural networks for each of the three clinically defined subtypes of frontotemporal lobar degeneration, namely frontotemporal dementia, semantic dementia, and progressive non-fluent aphasia. Networks did not overlap as shown by a conjunction analysis, and they corresponded to clinical characteristics. The study relates the clinical features of each subtype of frontotemporal lobar degeneration specifically to its neural substrate. By 'triple dissociating' frontotemporal lobar degenerations into three clinicoanatomical prototypes, the study contributes to placing these disorders in cognitive neuropsychiatry and suggests a respective nosology.
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- Matthias L Schroeter
- Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstr. 1A, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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Goldstein M, Brendel G, Tuescher O, Pan H, Epstein J, Beutel M, Yang Y, Thomas K, Levy K, Silverman M, Clarkin J, Posner M, Kernberg O, Stern E, Silbersweig D. Neural substrates of the interaction of emotional stimulus processing and motor inhibitory control: An emotional linguistic go/no-go fMRI study. Neuroimage 2007; 36:1026-40. [PMID: 17509899 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.01.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2006] [Revised: 12/25/2006] [Accepted: 01/24/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Neural substrates of behavioral inhibitory control have been probed in a variety of animal model, physiologic, behavioral, and imaging studies, many emphasizing the role of prefrontal circuits. Likewise, the neurocircuitry of emotion has been investigated from a variety of perspectives. Recently, neural mechanisms mediating the interaction of emotion and behavioral regulation have become the focus of intense study. To further define neurocircuitry specifically underlying the interaction between emotional processing and response inhibition, we developed an emotional linguistic go/no-go fMRI paradigm with a factorial block design which joins explicit inhibitory task demand (i.e., go or no-go) with task-unrelated incidental emotional stimulus valence manipulation, to probe the modulation of the former by the latter. In this study of normal subjects focusing on negative emotional processing, we hypothesized activity changes in specific frontal neocortical and limbic regions reflecting modulation of response inhibition by negative stimulus processing. We observed common fronto-limbic activations (including orbitofrontal cortical and amygdalar components) associated with the interaction of emotional stimulus processing and response suppression. Further, we found a distributed cortico-limbic network to be a candidate neural substrate for the interaction of negative valence-specific processing and inhibitory task demand. These findings have implications for elucidating neural mechanisms of emotional modulation of behavioral control, with relevance to a variety of neuropsychiatric disease states marked by behavioral dysregulation within the context of negative emotional processing.
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- Martin Goldstein
- Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Weder ND, Aziz R, Wilkins K, Tampi RR. Frontotemporal dementias: a review. Ann Gen Psychiatry 2007; 6:15. [PMID: 17565679 PMCID: PMC1906781 DOI: 10.1186/1744-859x-6-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2006] [Accepted: 06/12/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Dementia is a clinical state characterized by loss of function in multiple cognitive domains. It is a costly disease in terms of both personal suffering and economic loss. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the term now preferred over Picks disease to describe the spectrum of non-Alzheimers dementias characterized by focal atrophy of the frontal and anterior temporal regions of the brain. The prevalence of FTD is considerable, though specific figures vary among different studies. It occurs usually in an age range of 35-75 and it is more common in individuals with a positive family history of dementia. The risk factors associated with this disorder include head injury and family history of FTD. Although there is some controversy regarding the further syndromatic subdivision of the different types of FTD, the three major clinical presentations of FTD include: 1) a frontal or behavioral variant (FvFTD), 2) a temporal, aphasic variant, also called Semantic dementia (SD), and 3) a progressive aphasia (PA). These different variants differ in their clinical presentation, cognitive deficits, and affected brain regions. Patients with FTD should have a neuropsychiatric assessment, neuropsychological testing and neuroimaging studies to confirm and clarify the diagnosis. Treatment for this entity consists of behavioral and pharmacological approaches. Medications such as serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizer and other novel treatments have been used in FTD with different rates of success. Further research should be directed at understanding and developing new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities to improve the patients' prognosis and quality of life.
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- Natalie D Weder
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Rogalski E, Rademaker A, Weintraub S. Primary progressive aphasia: relationship between gender and severity of language impairment. Cogn Behav Neurol 2007; 20:38-43. [PMID: 17356343 PMCID: PMC2901234 DOI: 10.1097/wnn.0b013e31802e3bae] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Factors influencing the course and severity of symptoms in primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a language-based dementia, have not been fully elucidated. The current study examined the influence of gender on performance on tests of naming and verbal fluency in patients with PPA. Comparisons were also made within a group of probable Alzheimer disease (AD) patients to determine whether gender differences were present in the most common form of neurodegenerative dementia. METHODS Performance was compared by gender within each diagnostic group on 3 language measures: the Boston Naming Test, category fluency (animals), and lexical fluency (FAS). Scores were compared at baseline (Visit 1) and in a subset of participants 6 to 15 months later (Visit 2). RESULTS Compared to men, women with PPA demonstrated significantly greater impairment on word fluency tests at both visits and also had a more aggressive rate of decline between visits. AD patients showed no differences by gender on any measure. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest gender-based vulnerability in PPA where women express more severe language impairments than men given a similar duration of illness.
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- Emily Rogalski
- Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Dujardin K. Apathie et pathologies neuro-dégénératives : physiopathologie, évaluation diagnostique et traitement. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2007; 163:513-21. [PMID: 17571020 DOI: 10.1016/s0035-3787(07)90458-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Apathy is usually defined as a lack of motivation leading to reduced interest and participation in various activities. From a pathophysiological viewpoint, the most common cause of apathy is dysfunction of the frontal lobes, following either direct lesion of the frontal cortex or damage to regions tightly connected to the latter (such as the basal ganglia). The frontal-subcortical circuits often seem to be involved. Apathy is a common behavioral consequence of neurodegenerative disorders (Alzheimer's disease, parkinsonian syndromes, fronto-temporal dementia). The methods for detecting apathy and assessing its severity are various, the main difficulty being to disentangle apathy and depression. The treatment of apathy per se remains anecdotal and, to date, little research into the efficacy of medication therapy has been performed.
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- K Dujardin
- Faculté de Médecine, Université du Droit et de la Santé de Lille, Institut Fédératif de Recherche (IFR 114, Neurosciences), Cedex.
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Davidson Y, Kelley T, Mackenzie IRA, Pickering-Brown S, Du Plessis D, Neary D, Snowden JS, Mann DMA. Ubiquitinated pathological lesions in frontotemporal lobar degeneration contain the TAR DNA-binding protein, TDP-43. Acta Neuropathol 2007; 113:521-33. [PMID: 17219193 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0189-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Revised: 12/18/2006] [Accepted: 12/18/2006] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We have investigated the extent and pattern of immunostaining for the TAR DNA-binding protein, TDP-43, in 37 patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin (UBQ) pathology (FTLD-U). We confirm that TDP-43 protein is a component of the UBQ immunoreactive (UBQ-ir) neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions (NCI), neuronal intranuclear inclusions (NII) and neurites of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus in FTLD-U. We further show that the same three histological patterns, previously identified by us according to the form, number and distribution of the UBQ-ir NCI, NII and neurites are equivalently present in TDP-43 immunohistochemistry. TDP-43 immunoreactive (TDP-43-ir) NCI with rounded, spicular or skein-type appearance were seen in motor neurones of the trigeminal or facial cranial nerve nuclei in one patient with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and in the spinal cord in three patients with FTD + motor neurone disease (MND). In patients with MND alone, TDP-43-ir NCI are common in anterior horn cells of the spinal cord, and occasionally seen in neurones of the hypoglossus nucleus. We show that TDP-43-ir NCI are also present within neurones in the superior and inferior olives in FTLD-U, and in some patients with MND. Although TDP-43 is normally seen as a nuclear protein, nuclear TDP-ir was not observed in neurones of the cerebral cortex, brainstem and spinal cord in FTLD-U or MND when NCI were present. We conclude that the UBQ-ir lesions of FTLD and MND are defined by the presence of TDP-43, and that these disorders can be subsumed into a single disease entity under the umbrella of TDP-43 proteinopathy.
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- Yvonne Davidson
- Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Division of Medicine and Neuroscience, Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre, Hope Hospital, University of Manchester, Salford, M6 8HD, UK
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Spina S, Murrell JR, Yoshida H, Ghetti B, Bermingham N, Sweeney B, Dlouhy SR, Crowther RA, Goedert M, Keohane C. The novel Tau mutation G335S: clinical, neuropathological and molecular characterization. Acta Neuropathol 2007; 113:461-70. [PMID: 17186252 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0182-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2006] [Revised: 11/28/2006] [Accepted: 11/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mutations in Tau cause the inherited neurodegenerative disease, frontotemporal dementia and Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). Known coding region mutations cluster in the microtubule-binding region, where they alter the ability of tau to promote microtubule assembly. Depending on the tau isoforms, this region consists of three or four imperfect repeats of 31 or 32 amino acids, each of which contains a characteristic and invariant PGGG motif. Here, we report the novel G335S mutation, which changes the PGGG motif of the third tau repeat to PGGS, in an individual who developed social withdrawal, emotional bluntness and stereotypic behavior at age 22, followed by disinhibition, hyperorality and ideomotor apraxia. Abundant tau-positive inclusions were present in neurons and glia in the frontotemporal cortex, hippocampus and brainstem. Sarkosyl-insoluble tau showed paired helical and straight filaments, as well as more irregular rope-like filaments. The pattern of pathological tau bands was like that of Alzheimer disease. Experimentally, the G335S mutation resulted in a greatly reduced ability of tau to promote microtubule assembly, while having no significant effect on heparin-induced assembly of recombinant tau into filaments.
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- Salvatore Spina
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive MS A138, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
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Rollinson S, Snowden JS, Neary D, Morrison KE, Mann DMA, Pickering-Brown SM. TDP-43 gene analysis in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Neurosci Lett 2007; 419:1-4. [PMID: 17434264 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.03.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2007] [Revised: 03/20/2007] [Accepted: 03/20/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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It has recently been established that the ubiquitinated neuronal inclusions and neurites observed in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) contain the TAR DNA-binding protein, TDP-43. It is not uncommon for genetic variation of genes that encode proteins that accumulate in neurodegenerative conditions to increase risk for disease. We therefore examined whether variation of the TDP-43 locus was associated with an increased risk of disease in the Manchester FTLD cohort. We found no evidence of TDP-43 variation increasing risk for FTLD in this cohort. These data suggest that TDP-43 accumulation is a consequence of the disease process underlying FTLD.
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- Sara Rollinson
- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Lannuzel A, Höglinger GU, Verhaeghe S, Gire L, Belson S, Escobar-Khondiker M, Poullain P, Oertel WH, Hirsch EC, Dubois B, Ruberg M. Atypical parkinsonism in Guadeloupe: a common risk factor for two closely related phenotypes? Brain 2007; 130:816-27. [PMID: 17303592 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In Guadeloupe, there is an abnormally high frequency of atypical parkinsonism. Only one-third of the patients that develop parkinsonian symptoms were reported to present the classical features of idiopathic Parkinson disease and one-third a syndrome resembling progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). The others were unclassifiable, according to established criteria. We carried out a cross-sectional study of 160 parkinsonian patients to: (i) define more precisely the clinical phenotypes of the PSP-like syndrome and the parkinsonism that was considered unclassifiable in comparison with previously known disorders; (ii) define the neuropsychological and brain imaging features of these patients; (iii) evaluate to what extent a candidate aetiological factor, the mitochondrial complex I inhibitor annonacin contained in the fruit and leaves of the tropical plant Annona muricata (soursop) plays a role in the neurological syndrome. Neuropsychological tests and MRI were used to classify the patients into those with Parkinson's disease (31%), Guadeloupean PSP-like syndrome (32%), Guadeloupean parkinsonism-dementia complex (PDC, 31%) and other parkinsonism-related disorders (6%). Patients with a PSP-like syndrome developed levodopa-resistant parkinsonism, associated with early postural instability and supranuclear oculomotor dysfunction. They differed, however, from classical PSP patients by the frequency of tremor (>50%), dysautonomia (50%) and the occurrence of hallucinations (59%). PDC patients had levodopa-resistant parkinsonism associated with frontosubcortical dementia, 52% of these patients had hallucinations, but, importantly, none had oculomotor dysfunction. The pattern of neuropsychological deficits was similar in both subgroups. Cerebral atrophy was seen in the majority of the PSP-like and PDC patients, with enlargement of the third ventricle and marked T2-hypointensity in the basal ganglia, particularly the substantia nigra. Consumption of soursop was significantly greater in both PSP-like and PDC patients than in controls and Parkinson's disease patients. In conclusion, atypical Guadeloupean parkinsonism comprises two forms of parkinsonism and dementia that differ clinically by the presence of oculomotor signs, but have similar cognitive profiles and neuroimaging features, suggesting that they may constitute a single disease entity, and both were similarly exposed to annonaceous neurotoxins, notably annonacin.
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- Annie Lannuzel
- Department of Neurology, Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, F.W.I.
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Bronner IF, Rizzu P, Seelaar H, van Mil SE, Anar B, Azmani A, Donker Kaat L, Rosso S, Heutink P, van Swieten JC. Progranulin mutations in Dutch familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Eur J Hum Genet 2007; 15:369-74. [PMID: 17228326 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Mutations in the progranulin (PGRN) gene have recently been identified in frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin inclusions linked to chromosome 17q21. We report here the finding of two novel frameshift mutations and three possible pathogenic missense mutations in the PGRN gene. Furthermore, we determined the frequency of PGRN mutations in familial cases recruited from a large population-based study of frontotemporal lobar degeneration carried out in The Netherlands.
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- Iraad F Bronner
- Department of Human Genetics, Section Medical Genomics, VU University Medical Center and VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Schroeter ML, Raczka K, Neumann J, von Cramon DY. Neural networks in frontotemporal dementia--a meta-analysis. Neurobiol Aging 2006; 29:418-26. [PMID: 17140704 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2006] [Revised: 08/27/2006] [Accepted: 10/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Frontotemporal dementia is the most common form of frontotemporal lobar degeneration. It is characterized by deep alterations in behavior and personality. We conducted a systematic and quantitative meta-analysis to examine its neural correlates and place the disease in a framework of cognitive neuropsychiatry. METHODS MedLine and Current Contents search engines were used to identify imaging studies investigating frontotemporal dementia between 1980 and 2005. Nine studies were identified reporting either atrophy or decreases in glucose utilization. Finally, the analysis involved 132 patients and 166 controls. A quantitative meta-analysis was performed. Maxima of the studies resulted in activation likelihood estimates. RESULTS The meta-analysis revealed a particularly frontomedian network impaired in frontotemporal dementia. Additionally, right anterior insula, and medial thalamus were identified. CONCLUSIONS Our study specifies frontotemporal dementia as the frontomedian variant of frontotemporal lobar degeneration. The disease affects neural networks enabling self-monitoring, theory of mind capabilities, processing/evaluation of internal mental states, perception of pain and emotions, and sustaining personality and self. Our study contributes to placing frontotemporal dementia in cognitive neuropsychiatry.
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- Matthias L Schroeter
- Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstr. 1A, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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Talbot K, Ansorge O. Recent advances in the genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: common pathways in neurodegenerative disease. Hum Mol Genet 2006; 15 Spec No 2:R182-7. [PMID: 16987882 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease classically defined by the impairment of the voluntary motor system and ubiquitin-positive intraneuronal aggregates in anterior horn cells. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a common form of neurodegenerative dementia and presents with personality change associated in a significant subgroup of patients with cortical ubiquitin-only neuropathology (FTD-U). Careful study of ALS as well as FTD patient cohorts suggests clinical as well as pathological overlap of ALS with FTD. The idea that this reflects a shared pathogenesis has received strong support from the identification of new genetic loci on chromosome 9p and of mutations in specific genes (CHMP2B and DCN1) in families with co-segregation of ALS and FTD. The identification of two further genetic causes of FTD-U with (rare) ALS (PGRN) or without ALS (VCP) also provides a starting point for exploring the pathways associated with ubiquitin-mediated protein mishandling in FTD-U and ALS. Pure ALS, through ALS with cognitive impairment and ALS-FTD to pure FTD-U, may represent a continuous spectrum of ubiquitin-associated neurodegenerative disease.
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- Kevin Talbot
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics , University of Oxford, Henry Wellcome Building of Gene Function, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK.
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Huey ED, Grafman J, Wassermann EM, Pietrini P, Tierney MC, Ghetti B, Spina S, Baker M, Hutton M, Elder JW, Berger SL, Heflin KA, Hardy J, Momeni P. Characteristics of frontotemporal dementia patients with a Progranulin mutation. Ann Neurol 2006; 60:374-80. [PMID: 16983677 PMCID: PMC2987739 DOI: 10.1002/ana.20969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Mutations in the Progranulin gene (PGRN) recently have been discovered to be associated with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) linked to 17q21 without identified MAPT mutations. The range of mutations of PGRN that can result in the FTD phenotype and the clinical presentation of patients with PGRN mutations have yet to be determined. METHODS In this study, we examined 84 FTD patients from families not known previously to have illness linked to chromosome 17 for identified PGRN and MAPT mutations and sequenced the coding exons and the flanking intronic regions of PGRN. We compared the prevalence, clinical characteristics, magnetic resonance imaging and 18-fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography results, and neuropsychological testing of patients with the PGRN R493X mutation with those patients without identified PGRN mutations. RESULTS We discovered a new PGRN mutation (R493X) resulting in a stop codon in two patients. This was the only PGRN mutation identified in our sample. The patients with the PGRN R493X mutation had a rapid illness course and had predominant right-sided atrophy and hypometabolism on magnetic resonance imaging and 18-fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography. The affected father of one of the patients with the PGRN R493X mutation showed frontal and temporal atrophy without neurofibrillary tangles on neuropathological examination. INTERPRETATION Known PGRN and MAPT mutations were rare and of similar prevalence in our sample (2 compared with 1/84). The patients with the PGRN R493X mutation had a clinical presentation comparable with other behavior-predominant FTD patients. The neuropathology of an affected family member of a patient with the PGRN R493X mutation appears not to be Alzheimer's disease.
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- Edward D Huey
- Cognitive Neuroscience Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1440, USA
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Mackenzie IRA, Baborie A, Pickering-Brown S, Plessis DD, Jaros E, Perry RH, Neary D, Snowden JS, Mann DMA. Heterogeneity of ubiquitin pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration: classification and relation to clinical phenotype. Acta Neuropathol 2006; 112:539-49. [PMID: 17021754 PMCID: PMC2668618 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0138-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2006] [Revised: 08/24/2006] [Accepted: 08/24/2006] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We have investigated the extent and pattern of immunostaining for ubiquitin protein (UBQ) in 60 patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) with ubiquitin-positive, tau-negative inclusions (FTLD-U), 37 of whom were ascertained in Manchester UK and 23 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK. There were three distinct histological patterns according to the form and distribution of the UBQ pathology. Histological type 1 was present in 19 patients (32%) and characterised by the presence of a moderate number, or numerous, UBQ immunoreactive neurites and intraneuronal cytoplasmic inclusions within layer II of the frontal and temporal cerebral cortex, and cytoplasmic inclusions within granule cells of the dentate gyrus; neuronal intranuclear inclusions (NII) of a “cat’s eye” or “lentiform” appearance were present in 17 of these patients. In histological type 2 (16 patients, 27%), UBQ neurites were predominantly, or exclusively, present with few intraneuronal cytoplasmic inclusions within layer II of the cerebral cortex, while in histological type 3 (25 patients, 42%), UBQ intraneuronal cytoplasmic inclusions either within the cortical layer II or in the granule cells of the dentate gyrus, with few or no UBQ neurites, were seen. In neither of these latter two groups were NII present. The influence of histological type on clinical phenotype was highly significant with type 1 histology being associated clinically with cases of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) or progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA), type 2 histology with semantic dementia (SD), and type 3 histology with FTD, or FTD and motor neurone disease (MND).
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- Ian R. A. Mackenzie
- Department of Pathology, Vancouver General Hospital, V5Z 1M9 Vancouver, BC Canada
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Ageing and Health (IAH), Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE4 6BE UK
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- Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Division of Medicine and Neuroscience, University of Manchester, Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre, Hope Hospital, Salford, M6 8HD UK
- Division of Regenerative Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT UK
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- Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Division of Medicine and Neuroscience, University of Manchester, Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre, Hope Hospital, Salford, M6 8HD UK
- Department of Pathology, Hope Hospital, Salford, M6 8HD UK
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Ageing and Health (IAH), Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE4 6BE UK
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Ageing and Health (IAH), Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE4 6BE UK
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- Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Division of Medicine and Neuroscience, University of Manchester, Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre, Hope Hospital, Salford, M6 8HD UK
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- Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Division of Medicine and Neuroscience, University of Manchester, Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre, Hope Hospital, Salford, M6 8HD UK
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- Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Division of Medicine and Neuroscience, University of Manchester, Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre, Hope Hospital, Salford, M6 8HD UK
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Mackenzie IRA, Shi J, Shaw CL, Duplessis D, Neary D, Snowden JS, Mann DMA. Dementia lacking distinctive histology (DLDH) revisited. Acta Neuropathol 2006; 112:551-9. [PMID: 16900341 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0123-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2006] [Revised: 07/12/2006] [Accepted: 07/15/2006] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Although immunohistochemistry has helped to classify the histology of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), there have been many cases, described in the literature as showing "dementia lacking distinctive histology" (DLDH), in which this technique has failed to disclose signature pathological changes. Using an automated procedure we have repeated immunostaining for ubiquitin protein (UBQ) in 41 patients with FTLD, 25 of whom were previously considered, on the basis of UBQ immunostaining performed in Manchester, UK, to show FTLD-ubiquitin (FTLD-U) histology and 16 described as DLDH. Both the quality and amount of UBQ immunoreactive (UBQ-ir) pathology (neurites and intraneuronal cytoplasmic inclusions) was significantly increased using the newer staining method. Although the original histological diagnosis was confirmed in the 25 cases previously classified as FTLD-U, the median UBQ score for slides stained in Vancouver increased significantly compared to those stained in Manchester. More importantly, however, some degree of UBQ-ir changes was now disclosed in 13 of the 16 cases previously classified as DLDH and these were now classed as definite or probable FTLD-U. Of the remaining three DLDH cases, clinical diagnostic uncertainties could have explained the lack of specific pathology in two instances. Hence, we conclude that DLDH is a very rare disorder, and that lack of sensitivity for UBQ immunostaining is likely responsible for the failure to disclose this pathology and to provide a diagnosis of FTLD-U.
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- Ian R A Mackenzie
- Department of Pathology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW One hundred years after the first description by Alois Alzheimer and with the advent of first pharmacological treatments, most researchers concentrate on Alzheimer's disease. Millions of patients, however, suffer from other dementias and search for help beyond diagnosis. RECENT FINDINGS New clinical data concerning the treatment of non-Alzheimer dementias mainly relate to the clinical use of antidementiva that is already approved for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Few studies test new pharmacological paradigmata. For some forms like vascular dementias, the possibility of prevention is the most valuable approach that should be enforced more aggressively. For other savaging dementias new unconventional treatment trials should be encouraged. SUMMARY Research for non-Alzheimer dementias lags behind those for the Alzheimer field. For many patients, we still have nothing but words. At the same time, probably with regard to cost constraints, some acteurs like health insurances and legislators are inclined to nurture therapeutic nihilism and cultivate ethical qualms and demurs instead of supporting clinical trials or at least not blocking them with bureaucratic hand-cuffs, whereas pharmaceutical companies contemplate naturally over questions like return of investment. The clinical researchers should fight this fatigue and look for ways out of this quagmire for our patients.
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- Sönke Arlt
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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As populations continue to age, the prevalence of dementia is expected to increase. AD is by far the most common cause of dementia. The clinical course of dementia represents the challenges that this disease presents. There are no truly effective therapies for treating dementia, and the cost effectiveness of ChEIs has been challenged; however, there has been an explosion of information about AD. Evidence-based practice parameters for diagnosis and management of dementia have been developed. There has been an increased interest in the possible prodromal states of dementia, such as MCI. The concept of MCI has risen in prominence in recent years; it is speculated that initiation of therapies early in the course of disease may be needed for them to be effective. Considering the enormous burdens that AD places on individuals and society, disease-modifying treatments for AD are needed desperately. There are promising avenues for the development of potentially disease-modifying therapies for this devastating disease.
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- Seema Joshi
- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 South Grand Boulevard, M238, MO 63104, USA
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Breitner JCS. Dementia--epidemiological considerations, nomenclature, and a tacit consensus definition. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2006; 19:129-36. [PMID: 16880354 DOI: 10.1177/0891988706291081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Epidemiologic inquiry requires the definition of a "case." Dementia may be defined clinically or alternatively by inference of irreversible brain pathology. Several iterations of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and International Classification of Diseases have skirted this issue by using criteria that are at once syndromic and neuropathological. The limitations of this compromise are revealed by large discrepancies in case identification when the various published criteria are strictly applied. Despite this problem, neuroepidemiologists have produced convergent estimates of the prevalence and incidence of dementia and its association with risk factors. This progress has reflected the tacit reliance of investigators on a simple definition of dementia as the syndrome of substantial global cognitive decline not attributable to alteration in level of consciousness. Beyond this description, our knowledge of pathology and, ultimately, the etiology of individual cases is extremely variable. Whatever its antecedents, syndromically defined dementia presents a looming public health crisis.
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- John C S Breitner
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, and Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98108, USA.
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Swerdlow RH. Is aging part of Alzheimer's disease, or is Alzheimer's disease part of aging? Neurobiol Aging 2006; 28:1465-80. [PMID: 16876913 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2006] [Revised: 06/05/2006] [Accepted: 06/22/2006] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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For 70 years after Alois Alzheimer described a disorder of tangle-and-plaque dementia, Alzheimer's disease was a condition of the relatively young. Definitions of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have, however, changed over the past 30 years and under the revised view AD has truly become an age-related disease. Most now diagnosed with AD are elderly and would not have been diagnosed with AD as originally conceived. Accordingly, younger patients that qualify for a diagnosis of AD under both original and current Alzheimer's disease constructs now represent an exceptionally small percentage of the diagnosed population. The question of whether pathogenesis of the "early" and "late" onset cases is similar enough to qualify as a single disease was previously raised although not conclusively settled. Interestingly, debate on this issue has not kept pace with advancing knowledge about the molecular, biochemical and clinical underpinnings of tangle-and-plaque dementias. Since the question of whether both forms of AD share a common pathogenesis could profoundly impact diagnostic and treatment development efforts, it seems worthwhile to revisit this debate.
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- Russell H Swerdlow
- Department of Neurology, University of Virginia Health System, McKim Hall, 1 Hospital Drive, P.O. Box 800394, Charlottesville, VA 22908, United States.
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de Silva R, Lashley T, Strand C, Shiarli AM, Shi J, Tian J, Bailey KL, Davies P, Bigio EH, Arima K, Iseki E, Murayama S, Kretzschmar H, Neumann M, Lippa C, Halliday G, MacKenzie J, Ravid R, Dickson D, Wszolek Z, Iwatsubo T, Pickering-Brown SM, Holton J, Lees A, Revesz T, Mann DMA. An immunohistochemical study of cases of sporadic and inherited frontotemporal lobar degeneration using 3R- and 4R-specific tau monoclonal antibodies. Acta Neuropathol 2006; 111:329-40. [PMID: 16552612 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0048-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2005] [Revised: 01/20/2006] [Accepted: 01/21/2006] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The pathological distinctions between the various clinical and pathological manifestations of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) remain unclear. Using monoclonal antibodies specific for 3- and 4-repeat isoforms of the microtubule associated protein, tau (3R- and 4R-tau), we have performed an immunohistochemical study of the tau pathology present in 14 cases of sporadic forms of FTLD, 12 cases with Pick bodies and two cases without and in 27 cases of familial FTLD associated with 12 different mutations in the tau gene (MAPT), five cases with Pick bodies and 22 cases without. In all 12 cases of sporadic FTLD where Pick bodies were present, these contained only 3R-tau isoforms. Clinically, ten of these cases had frontotemporal dementia and two had progressive apraxia. Only 3R-tau isoforms were present in Pick bodies in those patients with familial FTLD associated with L266V, Q336R, E342V, K369I or G389R MAPT mutations. Patients with familial FTLD associated with exon 10 N279K, N296H or +16 splice site mutations showed tau pathology characterised by neuronal neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and glial cell tangles that contained only 4R-tau isoforms, as did the NFT in P301L MAPT mutation. With the R406W mutation, NFT contained both 3R- and 4R-tau isoforms. We also observed two patients with sporadic FTLD, but without Pick bodies, in whom the tau pathology comprised only of 4R-tau isoforms. We have therefore shown by immunohistochemistry that different specific tau isoform compositions underlie the various kinds of tau pathology present in sporadic and familial FTLD. The use of such tau isoform specific antibodies may refine pathological criteria underpinning FTLD.
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- Rohan de Silva
- Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, University College London, Windeyer Building, 46 Cleveland St, W1T 4JF, London, UK
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