Topic:
"Non-Alzheimer Dementias: Frontotemporal Syndromes and Primary Progressive Aphasia"

Speaker:
Elliott Ross, MD
Professor
Department of Neurology

Objectives:
1.  Review how to diagnose non-Alzheimer dementias with emphasis on frontotemporal syndromes, including primary progressive aphasia.
2.  Explain the differences between amnestic (medial temporal) versus non-amnestic (frontal lobe) memory loss.
3.  Relate that the frontotemporal (Pick's complex) dementias are more common than Alzheimer disease.