Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and the Frontotemporal Dementias

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and the Frontotemporal Dementias

Edited by Michael J. Strong

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This resource summarizes the advances in our understanding of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), as well as the potential relationship between the two.

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Oct 2012

Print ISBN-13:: 9780199590674

Published online:: Nov 2012

DOI:: 10.1093/med/9780199590674.001.0001

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Michael J. Strong, editor Dean, Schulich School of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, Canada

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Front Matter
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Lessons from the study of natural experiments of hyperendemic foci of neurodegenerationRalph M. Garruto
Chapter 2 The motor neurone diseasesJeffrey Rosenfeld
Chapter 3 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–parkinsonism–dementia complex in the Kii Peninsula of Japan (Muro disease): a review on recent research and new conceptShigeki Kuzuhara and Yasumasa Kokubo
Chapter 4 The frontotemporal dementias: an overviewAlexandre Henri-Bhargava and Morris Freedman
Chapter 5 Language profiles in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisJ.B. Orange and A.E. Hillis
Chapter 6 Language impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from an historical review: kana and kanji versus alphabetical languagesHiroo Ichikawa, Sotaro Hieda, Hideki Ohno, Kenji Ishihara, and Mitsuru Kawamura
Chapter 7 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with dementia: neuropsychological aspectsMitsuru Kawamura and Hiroo Ichikawa
Chapter 8 Social cognition in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosisSharon Abrahams and Christopher Kipps
Chapter 9 Behavioural change in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisLaura H. Goldstein
Chapter 10 Cognition in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisJennifer Murphy, Fizaa Ahmed, and Catherine Lomen-Hoerth
Chapter 11 Frontotemporal syndromes of primary lateral sclerosisVincenzo Silani, Barbara Poletti, and Stefano Zago
Chapter 12 Electrophysiological evaluation of lower motor neurone loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisJeremy M. Shefner
Chapter 13 Multimodality approach to neuroimaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementiaJan Kassubek and Albert C. Ludolph
Chapter 14 Using neuroimaging to understand brain–behaviour relationships in the context of motor neurone diseaseSandra E. Black and Yana Yunusova
Chapter 15 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and the frontotemporal dementias: using neuroimaging to quantitate disease progressionS. Kalra
Chapter 16 Differentiating normal from pathological atrophy: when is frontotemporal atrophy normal?Tiffany W. Chow
Chapter 17 Cerebrospinal fluid-based biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosisRobert Bowser, James Connor, and Martin Turner
Chapter 18 Neuropathology of frontotemporal lobar degenerationNigel J. Cairns
Chapter 19 The neuropathology of the motor neurone diseasesJ. Robin Highley and Paul G. Ince
Chapter 20 Genetics of frontotemporal dementiaBryan J. Traynor and Stuart Pickering-Brown
Chapter 21 Genetics of the MNDsAshley Jones and Ammar Al-Chalabi
Chapter 22 Perturbed RNA metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisKathryn Volkening and Michael J. Strong
Chapter 23 Alterations in tau metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with cognitive impairmentMichael J. Strong, Wencheng Yang, May Gohar, and Wendy L. Strong
Chapter 24 Transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDaEmanuele Buratti
Chapter 25 ProgranulinJennifer Gass and Leonard Petrucelli
End Matter
- Index

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