Clinical implications of head trauma in frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and repetitive head impacts (RHI) have been linked to increased risk for multiple types of neurodegenerative disease, higher dementia risk, and earlier age of dementia symptom onset, suggesting transdiagnostic implications for later-life brain health. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and primary progressive aphasia (PPA) represent a spectrum of clinical phenotypes that are neuropathologically diverse. FTD/PPA diagnoses bring unique challenges due to complex cognitive and behavioral symptoms that disproportionately present as an early-onset dementia (before age 65). We performed a detailed characterization of lifetime head trauma exposure in individuals with FTD and PPA compared to healthy controls to examine frequency of lifetime TBI and RHI and

SUBMITTER: Asken BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11363650 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature