10.1 Frontotemporal Dementia

Question 1

frontotemporal dementia includes

Answer 1

semantic dementia

and primary progressive aphasia

Question 2

frontotemporal dementia is _____% of dementia cases

Answer 2

20-40%

Question 3

initial symptoms

Answer 3

mood and personality changes

• depression
• anxiety
• excessive sentimentality

Question 4

later symptoms

Answer 4

disinhibition
emotional lability
hyper sexuality
impulsiveness
distractibility
stereotyped/ritualistic behaviors
repetitive behaviors

Question 5

initial expressive language changes

Answer 5

reduced output

increased stereotypical utterances

Question 6

later expressive language changes

Answer 6

perseveration
echolalia > mutism
comprehension
naming
reading
writing usually preserved
memory variably affected
reduced attention

Question 7

primary progressive aphasia definition

Answer 7

a focal dementia (or focal cortical atrophy syndrome) characterized by gradual loss of language function in the context of relatively well-preserved memory, visual processing, and personality until the advanced stages

Question 8

PP aphasia can be

Answer 8

fluent or nonfluent

Question 9

PP aphasia is __________ onset

Answer 9

gradual, progressive decline in language-specific functions

Question 10

PP aphasia patients have

Answer 10

acute awareness of deficits

Question 11

PP aphasia affects more (men/women) at a younger age than AD

Answer 11

men

Question 12

PP aphasia primarily affects

Answer 12

left frontal and temporal lobe language areas/perisylvian zone

Question 13

The recent perspective in the literature is that primary progressive aphasia can be further subcategorized into

Answer 13

agrammatic/nonfluent, semantic, and logopenic