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  2. Frontal release sign - Wikipedia

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    Frontal release signs are primitive reflexes traditionally held to be a sign of disorders that affect the frontal lobes. The appearance of such signs reflects the area of brain dysfunction rather than a specific disorder which may be diffuse, such as a dementia, or localised, such as a tumor. [1] One reflex thought to have good localizing value ...

  3. Frontal lobe disorder - Wikipedia

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    Frontal lobe syndrome can be caused by a range of conditions including head trauma, tumours, neurodegenerative diseases, neurodevelopmental disorders, neurosurgery and cerebrovascular disease. Frontal lobe impairment can be detected by recognition of typical signs and symptoms, use of simple screening tests, and specialist neurological testing.

  4. Frontotemporal dementia - Wikipedia

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    Signs and symptoms are classified into three groups based on the affected functions of the frontal and temporal lobes: [8] These are behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia, semantic dementia, and progressive nonfluent aphasia. An overlap between symptoms can occur as the disease progresses and spreads through the brain regions. [14]

  5. Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia: Most common ... - AOL

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    The frontal lobe is responsible for things like decision-making, judgement, movement, speaking, self-control and social skills, and the temporal lobes are responsible for hearing, understanding ...

  6. The Unexpected Early Dementia Sign You Might Miss ... - AOL

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    Dementia can affect the frontal and temporal lobes [of the brain], causing issues with object recognition. It can also affect the occipital lobes, causing issues with visual processing.

  7. Childhood dementia - Wikipedia

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    Childhood dementia is very often diagnosed late, misdiagnosed, or not diagnosed at all. [9] A correct diagnosis happens, on average, 2 years or more after symptoms become apparent. Additionally, children affected by childhood dementia are often misdiagnosed with: Autism [16] [9] [17] Developmental or intellectual delay [16] [9] ADHD [9] Others [9]

  8. Bruce Willis’ early dementia signs were mistaken for a ...

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    Bruce Willis’s early dementia signs were initially mistaken as the ... of disorders that primarily impact the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. These regions of the brain are responsible ...

  9. Anosodiaphoria - Wikipedia

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    The frontal lobe is thought to be the primary area for the lack of emotional insight seen in anosodiaphoria, such as in frontotemporal dementia. A recent 2011 study done by Mendez and Shapira found that people with frontotemporal dementia also had a loss of insight more properly described at "frontal anosodiaphoria", a lack of concern for ...