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Can cognitive and behavioural disorders differentiate frontal variant-frontotemporal dementia from Alzheimer’s disease at early stages?

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Jenner, C., Reali, G., Puopolo, M., Silveri, M. C.·2006·Behavioural Neurology

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Frontal variant‐Frontotemporal dementia (fvFTD) and Alzheimer′s disease (AD) patients matched for severity of dementia at the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) received neuropsychological testing in order to explore if the dysexecutive disorder might characterise fvFTD at early stage, when AD is dominated by the episodic memory defect. We also determined if the behavioural syndrome was more severe in fvFTD than AD, and if specific patterns of behavioural symptoms could differentiate the two types of dementia, using the Neuropsychiatry Inventory (NPI). AD patients performed worse than fvFTD not only in memory but also in executive tasks. Apathy and eating disorders proved to be more severe or frequent in fvFTD even if the two groups did not differ in the total NPI score. CDR score significantly correlated with the NPI score in fvFTD and with the MMSE in AD. Our data confirm that the memory disorders may differentiate the two types of dementia; however, the dysexecutive syndrome is as severe, and even more severe in AD. The severity of the behavioural syndrome is comparable in the two groups but the nature of the behavioural disorders may vary to some extent. We conclude that AD dementia at early stage is a behavioural‐cognitive syndrome, while in fvFTD the behavioural disorders appear when the cognitive deficit is still relatively mild.

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  • Attention and executive deficits are not specific to bvFTD.

    “Major deficits in attention (Kipps et al. , 2008) and executive functions (Kipps et al. , 2008; Harciarek and Cosentino, 2013) are often reported; however, these are not specific to bvFTD (Jenner et al. , 2006).”

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Authors
Jenner, C., Reali, G., Puopolo, M., & Silveri, M. C.
Affiliations
  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
  • Istituto Superiore di Sanità (IT)
Corresponding author
Silveri, M. C.
Venue
Behavioural Neurology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2006-01
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
89-95
ISSN
  • 0953-4180 (ISSN-L)
  • 1875-8584
OpenAlex
W2115092960
Cited by
33
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
FWCI
1.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Behavioural Neurology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical and Modern Theater Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, differential diagnosis, early-stage dementia, executive dysfunction, dysexecutive syndrome, behavioural symptoms, apathy, eating disorders, episodic memory, Neuropsychiatric Inventory, Clinical Dementia Rating
MeSH terms
Aged, Alzheimer Disease, Mental Disorders, Cognition Disorders, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Severity of Illness Index, Temporal Lobe, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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