Frontotemporal dementia

Departments and specialties

Mayo Clinic has one of the largest and most experienced practices in the United States, with campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Staff skilled in dozens of specialties work together to ensure quality care and successful recovery.

Research

Mayo Clinic staff actively research frontotemporal dementia and related conditions. Researchers study risk factors, causes, diagnostic techniques and treatment options for frontotemporal dementia.

• The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center is jointly based at Mayo Clinic campuses in Minnesota and Florida. It's one of more than 30 Alzheimer's disease research centers in the United States designated and funded by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health.
• Researchers in the center study frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's disease and related conditions. You may have the opportunity to participate in clinical trials in the center. Mayo Clinic's campus in Arizona is part of the Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium, a statewide research collaboration.
• Mayo Clinic researchers are currently coordinating a large National Institutes of Health-funded study called ALLFTD that follows individuals with sporadic and familial frontotemporal dementia and associated conditions.

Read more about research in:

• Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
• Memory disorders.
• Neurodegenerative diseases.
• Neuropathology and microscopy.
• Neuroscience, Florida.

Publications

See a list of publications about frontotemporal dementia by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.