Researchers provide insights into new form of dementia

UK/UPenn researchers provide insights into new form of dementia
Dr. Pete Nelson, M.D.,PhD, of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging on July 2, 2020. Credit:Mark Cornelison | UKphoto

Working with their colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania, researchers at the University of Kentucky have found that they can differentiate between subtypes of dementia inducing brain disease. “For the first time we created criteria that could differentiate between frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and a common Alzheimer’s ‘mimic’ called LATE disease,” explained Dr. Peter Nelson of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky. He says they validated the criteria rigorously. The study was recently published in BRAIN: A Journal of Neurology. The first author of the paper was John L. Robinson from University of Pennsylvania and the corresponding author was…

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