302 Neurobiology of neurodegenerative and cognitive disorders

Question 1

What is FTLD?

Answer 1

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)

A clinically and pathologically heterogeneous syndrome, characterized by progressive decline in behaviour or language associated with degeneration of the frontal and anterior temporal lobes

Question 2

Build up of which particle causes Alzheimers?

Answer 2

B amyloid plaques