Frontotemporal dementia causes neurons in the frontal and temporal parts of the brain to atrophy, bringing about marked personality changes. Some patients lose the ability to empathize and to read other people's facial expressions. Others experience difficulties with language. In some FTD patients, the disease also brings a flowering of artistic interest and ability. In this slideshow, Dr. Bruce Miller, director of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, shows us some of the artwork he's collected from patients with FTD, and explains what it can tell us about the disease.
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