Summary

Study director: William W. Seeley, MD [1]
Sponsors: National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Larry L. Hillblom Foundation
Recruiting?: Yes
Official study title: Anterior Cingulate, Insular and Frontoinsular Vulnerability in FTLD and AD
Conditions studied: Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) [2], Alzheimer's disease (AD) [3] and other closely related neurological disorders including corticobasal degeneration (CBD) [4], progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) [5] and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) [6] with dementia.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how brain activity relates to autonomic responses in healthy subjects and patients with FTD, AD and other closely related neurodegenerative diseases.

Links:
[1] http://memory.ucsf.edu/ftd/staff/bseeley
[2] http://memory.ucsf.edu/ftd/overview/forms/multiple
[3] http://memory.ucsf.edu/Education/Disease/ad.html
[4] http://memory.ucsf.edu/Education/Disease/cbd.html
[5] http://memory.ucsf.edu/Education/Disease/psp.html
[6] http://memory.ucsf.edu/Education/Disease/als.html