Neurocognitive contributions to verbal fluency deficits in frontotemporal lobar degeneration

DJ Libon, C McMillan, D Gunawardena, C Powers… - Neurology, 2009 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To test the hypothesis that different neurocognitive networks underlie verbal
fluency deficits in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Methods: Letter (“FAS”) and …

Patterns of cortical thinning in the language variants of frontotemporal lobar degeneration

JD Rohrer, JD Warren, M Modat, GR Ridgway… - Neurology, 2009 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a clinically, genetically, and
pathologically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder. Two subtypes commonly …

Sentence comprehension and voxel-based morphometry in progressive nonfluent aphasia, semantic dementia, and nonaphasic frontotemporal dementia

JE Peelle, V Troiani, J Gee, P Moore, C McMillan… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
To investigate the basis for impaired sentence comprehension in patients with
frontotemporal dementia (FTD) we assessed grammatical comprehension and verbal …

The underlying mechanisms of verbal fluency deficit in frontotemporal dementia and semantic dementia

M Laisney, V Matuszewski, F Mézenge, S Belliard… - Journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Verbal fluency tasks are commonly used to explore semantic memory and executive
functions. The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the cognitive and …

Cognitive reserve in frontotemporal degeneration: Neuroanatomic and neuropsychological evidence

K Placek, L Massimo, C Olm, K Ternes, K Firn… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To evaluate if cognitive reserve (CR) contributes to interindividual differences in
frontal gray matter density (GMD) and executive impairment that underlie heterogeneity in …

Syntactic comprehension deficits across the FTD-ALS continuum

J Kamminga, FVC Leslie, S Hsieh, J Caga, E Mioshi… - Neurobiology of …, 2016 - Elsevier
To establish the frequency, severity, relationship to bulbar symptoms, and neural correlates
of syntactic comprehension deficits across the frontotemporal dementia–amyotrophic lateral …

Non-fluent speech in frontotemporal lobar degeneration

S Ash, P Moore, L Vesely, D Gunawardena… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
We investigated the cognitive and neural bases of impaired speech fluency, a central feature
of primary progressive aphasia. Speech fluency was assessed in 35 patients with …

The language profile of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

CJD Hardy, AH Buckley, LE Downey… - Journal of …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Background: The language profile of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD)
remains to be fully defined. Objective: We aimed to quantify the extent of language deficits in …

Computerized analysis of speech and language to identify psycholinguistic correlates of frontotemporal lobar degeneration

SVS Pakhomov, GE Smith, D Chacon… - Cognitive and …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objective To evaluate the use of a semiautomated computerized system for measuring
speech and language characteristics in patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration …

Patterns of brain atrophy in frontotemporal dementia and semantic dementia

HJ Rosen, ML Gorno–Tempini, WP Goldman… - Neurology, 2002 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To identify and compare the patterns of cerebral atrophy associated with two
clinical variants of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD): frontotemporal dementia (FTD) …