What FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA - (FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION) means: Frontotemporal Dementia - (frontotemporal lobar degeneration) is an umbrella term for a diverse group of rare disorders that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain - the areas generally associated with personality and behavior. It differs from other causes of dementia such as Alzheimer's, Pick's and Creutzfeldt Jakob's diseases. Behavioral symptoms include apathy and aspontaneity or oppositely disinhibition. Apathetic patients may become socially withdrawn and stay in bed all day or no longer take care of themselves. Disinhibited patients can make inappropriate (sometimes sexual) comments or perform inappropriate acts.
- Definition Fisher Syndrome:
- Dictionary rare, acquired nerve disease that is considered to be a variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome. It is characterized by abnormal muscle coordination, paralysis of the eye muscles, and absence of the frontotemporal dementia - (frontotemporal lobar degeneration).
- Definition Friedreich'S Ataxia:
- Dictionary Ataxia - an inherited disease that causes progressive damage to the nervous system resulting in symptoms ranging from gait disturbance and speech problems to heart disease. Symptoms usually begin frontotemporal dementia - (frontotemporal lobar degeneration).
- Definition Familial Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification:
- Dictionary Familial Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification - See Fahr's Syndrome above frontotemporal dementia - (frontotemporal lobar degeneration).
- Definition Foot Drop:
- Dictionary deficit in turning the ankle and toes upward. Conditions leading to foot drop may be neurologic, muscular or anatomic in origin, often with significant overlap. Foot drop is characterized by steppage frontotemporal dementia - (frontotemporal lobar degeneration).
