A distinct pattern of frontal-temporal atrophy discernible on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may flag chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in living patients, new research suggests. "These new ...

Dr. Diana Kerwin, a geriatrics medicine physician with Texas Health Dallas, told KERA's Sam Baker the news about the actor was not surprising after Willis's 2022 diagnosis of aphasia. It's actually ...

In the Alzheimer’s field, detailed knowledge of how biomarkers change at preclinical stages has enabled researchers to select the best participants for disease-modifying prevention trials. For ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As people age, they experience shrinkage in the part of the brain responsible for inhibiting appropriate behavior -- which may explain why your great-aunt asks embarrassing ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...

People with frontotemporal dementia grapple with behavioral, language, and cognitive problems as their disease worsens. It may be small comfort but for a few, their disease sparks an artistic flair, ...

The “frontal lobe syndrome” as it is commonly called, is a loose collection of symptoms frequently observed in patients who suffer prefrontal lobe dysfunction—that is, these brain areas no longer work ...