What is fronto temporal dementia? Alzheimer's Society dementia brain video

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This film looks at fronto-temporal dementia - a term that describes a range of conditions that affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. This is a fairly rare form of dementia, which often affects younger people.

TRANSCRIPT
"Fronto-temporal dementia covers a range of conditions that affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. These areas control behaviour, emotional responses and language. This means that people with this type of dementia often experience changes in personality and mood, and struggle with language, for example, in finding the right word.

This is a fairly rare form of dementia, which is more likely to affect younger people.

One of the diseases that causes fronto-temporal dementia includes Pick's disease. Pick's disease occurs when a protein called tau, which is also involved in Alzheimer's disease, starts to accumulate in nerve cells. It forms spherical 'blobs' of protein which are thought to be linked to nerve cell death.

Unlike most other causes of dementia, there is often a strong family link with fronto-temporal dementia.

Scientists have identified genes that are linked to fronto-temporal dementia but our understanding of it is still very limited."

Please watch our other videos to see how brain cells function, hear what dementia is, and to hear more about Alzheimer's disease, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, fronto-temporal dementia and other rarer causes of dementia.

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