UK/UPenn researchers provide insights into new form of dementia

(University of Kentucky) 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.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news