The case of a 39-year old woman with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is presented. In the clinical examination she revealed symptoms of a frontotemporal dementia without any signs of polyneuropathy. If frontotemporal dementia is diagnosed MLD should be excluded.
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Lancet Neurol
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Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia; Department of Neurology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Department of Neurosciences, and Leuven Brain Institute, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory of Neurobiology, Center for Brain & Disease Research, VIB, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address:
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Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; Department of Cognitive Neurology, St Joseph's Health Care London, London, ON, Canada. Electronic address:
Background: No treatments exist for apathy in people with frontotemporal dementia. Previously, in a randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-finding study, intranasal oxytocin administration in people with frontotemporal dementia improved apathy ratings on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory over 1 week and, in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study, a single dose of 72 IU oxytocin increased blood-oxygen-level-dependent signal in limbic brain regions. We aimed to determine whether longer treatment with oxytocin improves apathy in people with frontotemporal dementia.
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are incurable neurodegenerative disorders sharing pathological and genetic features, including mutations in the gene. FUS is an RNA-binding protein that mislocalizes to the cytoplasm and aggregates in ALS/FTD. In a yeast model, FUS proteinopathy is connected to changes in the epigenome, including reductions in the levels of H3S10ph, H3K14ac, and H3K56ac.
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Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Ioannina, Kostakioi, 47100 Arta, Greece.
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