Disinhibition in Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: A Neuropsychological and Behavioural Investigation.

Luciano I MarianoClaire O'CallaghanHenrique C GuimarãesLeandro B GambogiThaís B L da SilvaMonica Sanches YassudaJuliana S AmaralPaulo CaramelliMichael HornbergerAntônio L TeixeiraLeonardo Cruz de Souza

Published in: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS (2019)

Neuropsychological tests of inhibitory control failed to distinguish bvFTD from AD. On the contrary, impulsivity caregiver-completed questionnaire provided good distinction between bvFTD and AD. These results highlight the current limits of cognitive measures of inhibitory control for the differential diagnosis between bvFTD and AD, whereas questionnaire information appears more reliable and in line with clinical diagnostics.

Keyphrases

mild cognitive impairment
cross sectional
psychometric properties
cognitive decline
patient reported
obsessive compulsive disorder
deep brain stimulation