• DOI:10.1007/s12031-011-9547-x
Corpus ID: 24125998

Eating Disturbance in Behavioural-Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

@article{Piguet2011EatingDI,
  title={Eating Disturbance in Behavioural-Variant Frontotemporal Dementia},
  author={O. Piguet},
  journal={Journal of Molecular Neuroscience},
  year={2011},
  volume={45},
  pages={589-593}
}

O. Piguet

Published 2011

Psychology, Medicine

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is a progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder, clinically characterised by changes in cognition, personality and behaviour. Marked disturbances in eating behaviour, such as overeating and preference for sweet foods, are also commonly reported. This paper reviews the current literature on eating abnormalities in bvFTD, their clinical characteristics and biological correlates, and the contribution of hypothalamus to eating regulation… CONTINUE READING

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