Welcome to the MGH FTD Unit
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Frontotemporal Dementia is the name given to a number of brain disorders
that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. They are
usually slowly progressive and may affect various aspects of a person's
behavior, language, emotions, memory, or other abilities. Although there
are a growing number of helpful resources to assist people in learning
about these disorders, it is important to recognize that not all of the
information that is usually described will typically apply to every
individual. That is, each person's symptoms usually include only some of
the list of symptoms described.
FTD Unit educational materials, including slides from
recent presentations
Web resources
Association for
Frontotemporal Dementia
Primary Progressive
Aphasia
information at Northwestern University
FTD information at UCSF
FTD Research Group -- includes a practical guide to caring for patients
with younger onset dementia
National
Aphasia Association
Cure PSP: Society for Progressive
Supranuclear Palsy
Alzheimer's and Related Disorders
Association
We Move (movement disorders
society--this link leads to page on Corticobasal Degeneration
Consensus document on frontotemporal dementia in ALS
Guide
to early onset dementia, written by Dr. John Hodges and colleagues at
FRONTIER, Australia
The MGH FTD Unit aims to develop better
knowledge about and diagnosis and treatment of all forms of FTD and
related focal dementia syndromes. The PPA Program aims to better
understand and treat primary progressive aphasia syndromes using existing
technologies (including speech therapy) and by developing new diagnostic
and treatment technologies.
Our research is generously funded by the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association.