The research was undertaken by scientists at the University of York and was co-funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. It was published in The Journal of Cell Biology on 30 March 2015.
Frontotemporal dementia is one of the most common forms of early onset dementia and it typically starts in individuals in their fifties. It affects the ability to use and understand language in addition to a change in personality and a loss of inhibition in some social behaviours. This is caused by the loss of neurons in areas of the brain called the frontal and temporal lobes.
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