
The Role of Genes in Frontotemporal Dementia
The genetics of Frontotemporal Dementia probably one of the most rapidly evolving fields that we have in this space. Probably 10...

The Immune System and Cell Death
- September 8, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
One of the things we see in degenerative diseases of the brain is the idea of inflammation or the immune system...

The Role of Proteins in Brain Disease
- September 7, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
We know that most of the diseases of the brain that we’re seeing that are degenerative, seem to be associated with...
Slowing Cell Death
- September 7, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
What other approaches do we have for slowing cell death? Well we know that a number of the diseases there seems...

What is Corticobasal Syndrome?
- September 7, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
Corticobasal Syndrome is a catch-all term. It’s one of those vague terms which we can lump medical conditions with in. The...

Where’s the cure?
- September 7, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
Everybody who gets a diagnosis of a brain disease where cells are dying, wants to know the same thing “Where’s the...

Signs of Hope
- October 8, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
When patients come to see me in the clinic they often accuse me of being a little bit cynical because I...

Where will the cure come from?
- September 7, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
People often wonder where the cure will come from, and the truth is that we do have some clues from the...

Reaction to My Diagnosis
- September 7, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
It’s very confronting when you get a diagnosis of a brain disease, especially an incurable degenerative disease of the brain. Your...

What should I do now that I have just been diagnosed?
- September 7, 2017
- JP
- DementiaParkinson's and Mimics
It’s a real shock when people get told that they’ve got a brain disease. Especially an incurable, degenerating condition which they...