Clinical Neurology and Epidemiology of the Major Neurodegenerative Diseases

Neurodegenerative diseases are a common cause of morbidity and cognitive impairment in older adults. Most clinicians who care for the elderly are not trained to diagnose these conditions, perhaps other than typical Alzheimer's disease (AD). Each of these disorders has varied epidemiology, clinical symptomatology, laboratory and neuroimaging features, neuropathology, and management. Thus, it is important that clinicians be able to differentiate and diagnose these conditions accurately. This review summarizes and highlights clinical aspects of several of the most commonly encountered neurodegenerative diseases, including AD, frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and its variants, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP),…

• TP
  Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
• C
  CurePSP
• QD
  Quest Diagnostics
• HL
  H. Lundbeck A/S
• NI
  National Institutes of Health

  Awards: AG019724, R01 AG031189, AG023501, P01 AG019724, P50 AG023501
• UO
  University of California, San Francisco

  Awards: AG019724, P01 AG019724, P50 AG023501
• TC
  Tau Consortium
• NI
  National Institute on Aging

  Awards: P50 AG023501, AG031189, P01 AG019724, AG023501, AG019724