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- Title
Konsortium zur Erforschung der frontotemporalen Lobärdegeneration.
- Authors
Otto, M.; Ludolph, A.C.; Landwehrmeyer, B.; Förstl, H.; Diehl-Schmid, J.; Neumann, M.; Kretzschmar, H.A.; Schroeter, M.; Kornhuber, J.; Danek, A.
- Abstract
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is an umbrella term for an aetiologically diverse group of neurodegenerative disorders with prominent lobar cortical atrophy. First this disease group was restricted to Pick's disease or Pick's complex. Several updates of the clinical classification systems were performed and discussed. Currently we summarize the following diseases under the FTLD spectrum: frontotemporal dementia (FTD) as a behavioural variant, primary non-fluent aphasia (PNFA) and semantic dementia as language variants, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with FTD (ALS-FTD), corticobasal syndrome (CBS) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). From the pathophysiological aspect major progress was made. Neuropathologically FTLDs are now defined based on the molecular composition of these protein accumulations. A major distinction of tau-associated (FTLD-tau) and TDP43-associated (FTLD-TDP43) and to a lesser extend FUS-associated (FTLD-FUS) has been made. Additional risk genes were described. However from the therapeutic perspective even symptomatic therapy is under discussion. A major aim of our consortium is to develop parameters allowing an early diagnosis and follow-up, thus providing effective and objective parameters for therapeutic strategies.
- Subjects
NEURODEGENERATION; ATROPHY; PRESENILE dementia; APHASIA; LANGUAGE disorders
- Publication
Der Nervenarzt, 2011, Vol 82, Issue 8, p1002
- ISSN
0028-2804
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00115-011-3261-3