Study of Social Behavior and Emotion in Frontotemporal Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease and Controls
Status unconfirmed
Conditions studied: Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Degeneration, Alzheimer's Disease, Social Behavior
In brief
This study is designed to document the loss of sociomoral emotions (like empathy, guilt, and embarrassment) in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia. The loss of these emotions, which function as the motivators for social behavior, will manifest in specific interpersonal behaviors. These behaviors will correlate with regional changes in regional changes in medial frontal and anterior temporal lobes. These social and emotional changes will be compared with a young-onset Alzheimer's disease comparison group.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01147679
- Run by
- University of California, Los Angeles
- People needed
- 99
- Starts
- 2010-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2011-10-28
Who can join
Age: 40 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
Where it is running
- UCLA Department of Neurology — Los Angeles, California, United States (enrolling)
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