Marilu Gorno Tempini, MD, PhD

Marilu Gorno Tempini
Professor in Residence
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Fields of Interest

Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini, MD, PhD, is a behavioral neurologist and professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences. She directs the Language Neurobiology Laboratory and the UCSF Dyslexia Center at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, where she researches the neural basis of language, memory, and cognitive functions across the lifespan.

Dr. Gorno Tempini’s clinical work focuses on behavioral neurology, including neurodegenerative diseases such as primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), as well as language-based learning differences like dyslexia. Her NIH-funded research contributed to the development of diagnostic criteria for PPA and its variants in 2011, helping clinicians and researchers better classify and treat this complex disorder.

In recognition of her pioneering contributions to neurodegenerative disease research, Dr. Gorno Tempini was awarded the prestigious Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s, and Related Diseases, one of the most distinguished honors in the field of neurology.

In 2014, Dr. Gorno Tempini co-founded the UCSF Dyslexia Center, which aims to better understand dyslexia by identifying behavioral phenotypes based on patterns of neuropsychological strengths and weaknesses. This multidisciplinary center brings together neurologists, psychiatrists, biomedical engineers, radiologists, neuropsychologists, speech-language pathologists, and research coordinators to study the structural and functional brain differences in children and older adults with dyslexia. The center’s findings are driving advancements in targeted assessments and interventions for dyslexia in clinical and educational settings.

Dr. Gorno Tempini also leads the state-funded Multitudes Universal Screening Project, one of four approved tools for identifying reading difficulties in California public schools starting in 2025. Her leadership in this initiative reflects her commitment to translating research into real-world solutions that improve educational and clinical outcomes.

Dr. Gorno Tempini earned her medical degree and completed clinical neurology training in Italy. She holds a PhD in neuroimaging of language from University College London. A dedicated mentor, she was awarded an NIH K24 grant to support her work guiding interdisciplinary researchers in clinical cognitive neuroscience.

Publications

Development and validation of the TabCAT-EXAMINER: A tablet-based executive functioning battery for research and clinical trials.

Sanderson-Cimino M, Possin KL, Mungas DM, Paolillo EW, Asken BM, Tsoy E, Jarrott S, Cobigo Y, Saloner R, Casaletto KB, Considine C, Fields JA, Molden J, Rascovsky K, Weintraub S, Wong B, Heuer HW, Forsberg LK, Rojas JC, VandeVrede L, Ljubenkov P, Rabinovici GD, Gorno-Tempini ML, Seeley WW, Miller BL, Boeve BF, Rosen HJ, Boxer AL, Rankin KP, Kramer JH, Staffaroni AM

Functional Connectivity Associations With Markers of Disease Progression in GRN Pathogenic Variant Carriers.

Flagan TM, Chu SA, Häkkinen S, Zhang L, McFall D, Rohrer JD, Brown JA, Lee AJ, Fernhoff K, Pasquini L, Rankin KP, Mandelli ML, Gorno-Tempini ML, Yokoyama JS, Sturm VE, Appleby B, Dickerson BC, Domoto-Reilly K, Foroud T, Geschwind DH, Ghoshal N, Graff-Radford NR, Hsiung GR, Huang EJ, Huey E, Kantarci K, Litvan I, Mackenzie IR, Mendez MF, Onyike CU, Petrucelli L, Ramos EM, Roberson ED, Rojas JC, Tartaglia MC, Toga AW, Weintraub S, Forsberg LK, Heuer HW, Boeve BF, Boxer AL, Rosen HJ, Miller BL, Moreno F, Seeley WW, Lee SE, ALLFTD Consortium

Neurodevelopment and neural environment inform Alzheimer's disease age at onset and phenotype.

Miller ZA, Ossenkoppele R, Graff-Radford NR, Allen IE, Shwe W, Rosenberg L, Olguin DJ, Erkkinen MG, Butler PM, Spina S, Yokoyama JS, Desikan RS, Scheltens P, van der Flier W, Pijnenburg Y, Wolters E, Rademakers R, Geschwind DH, Kramer JH, Rosen HJ, Rankin KP, Grinberg LT, Seeley WW, Sturm V, Perry DC, Miller BL, Rabinovici GD, Gorno-Tempini ML

Clinical Recognition of Frontotemporal Dementia with Right Anterior Temporal Predominance; Recommendations of the International Working Group

Ulugut H, Younes K, Montembeault M, Bertoux M, Irish M, Kumfor F, Fumagalli GG, Samanci B, Illán-Gala I, Thompson JC, Santillo AF, Englund E, Landqvist Waldö M, Riedl L, Van den Stock J, Vandenbulcke M, Vandenberghe R, Laforce RJ Jr, Ducharme S, Pressman PS, Caramelli P, Cruz de Souza L, Takada LT, Gurvit H, Diehl-Schmid J, Galimberti D, Pasquier F, Weintraub S, Miller BL, Sturm VE, Whitwell JL, Boeve B, Rohrer JD, Piguet O, Gorno-Tempini ML, Josephs KA, Snowden J, Rowe JB, Warren JD, Rankin KP, Pijnenburg YAL.

Deciphering distinct genetic risk factors for FTLD-TDP pathological subtypes via whole-genome sequencing.

Pottier C, Küçükali F, Baker M, Batzler A, Jenkins GD, van Blitterswijk M, Vicente CT, De Coster W, Wynants S, Van de Walle P, Ross OA, Murray ME, Faura J, Haggarty SJ, van Rooij JG, Mol MO, Hsiung GR, Graff C, Öijerstedt L, Neumann M, Asmann Y, McDonnell SK, Baheti S, Josephs KA, Whitwell JL, Bieniek KF, Forsberg L, Heuer H, Lago AL, Geier EG, Yokoyama JS, Oddi AP, Flanagan M, Mao Q, Hodges JR, Kwok JB, Domoto-Reilly K, Synofzik M, Wilke C, Onyike C, Dickerson BC, Evers BM, Dugger BN, Munoz DG, Keith J, Zinman L, Rogaeva E, Suh E, Gefen T, Geula C, Weintraub S, Diehl-Schmid J, Farlow MR, Edbauer D, Woodruff BK, Caselli RJ, Donker Kaat LL, Huey ED, Reiman EM, Mead S, King A, Roeber S, Nana AL, Ertekin-Taner N, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Petrucelli L, Uitti RJ, Wszolek ZK, Ramos EM, Grinberg LT, Tempini MLG, Rosen HJ, Spina S, Piguet O, Grossman M, Trojanowski JQ, Keene CD, Jin LW, Prudlo J, Geschwind DH, Rissman RA, Cruchaga C, Ghetti B, Halliday GM, Beach TG, Serrano GE, Arzberger T, Herms J, Boxer AL, Honig LS, Vonsattel JP, Lopez OL, Kofler J, White CL, Gearing M, Glass J, Rohrer JD, Irwin DJ, Lee EB, Van Deerlin V, Castellani R, Mesulam MM, Tartaglia MC, Finger EC, Troakes C, Al-Sarraj S, Dalgard CL, Miller BL, Seelaar H, Graff-Radford NR, Boeve BF, Mackenzie IR, van Swieten JC, Seeley WW, Sleegers K, Dickson DW, Biernacka JM, Rademakers R

Sex differences in the clinical manifestation of autosomal dominant frontotemporal dementia.

Memel M, Staffaroni AM, Ilan-Gala I, Castro JG, Kornak J, Tartaglia CM, Saloner R, VandeBunte AM, Paolillo EW, Cadwallader CJ, Chen C, Gorno-Tempini ML, Mandelli M, Apostolova L, Graff-Radford N, Litvan I, Bayram E, Pressman PS, Miyagawa T, Mackenzie I, Goldman J, Darby RR, Appleby BS, Petrucelli L, Gendron T, Heuer HW, Forseberg LK, Rojas JC, Boeve BF, Brushaber N, Domoto-Reilly K, Ghoshal N, Lapid M, Pascual B, Lee S, Ramos EM, Ramanan V, Rademakers R, Rascovsky K, Pantelyat A, Masdeu JC, Snyder A, Boxer AL, Rosen HJ, Casaletto K, ALLFTD Consortium

Clinical recognition of frontotemporal dementia with right anterior temporal predominance: A multicenter retrospective cohort study.

Ulugut H, Bertoux M, Younes K, Montembeault M, Fumagalli GG, Samanci B, Illán-Gala I, Kuchcinski G, Leroy M, Thompson JC, Kobylecki C, Santillo AF, Englund E, Waldö ML, Riedl L, Van den Stock J, Vandenbulcke M, Vandenberghe R, Laforce R, Ducharme S, Pressman PS, Caramelli P, de Souza LC, Takada LT, Gurvit H, Hansson O, Diehl-Schmid J, Galimberti D, Pasquier F, Miller BL, Scheltens P, Ossenkoppele R, van der Flier WM, Barkhof F, Fox NC, Sturm VE, Miyagawa T, Whitwell JL, Boeve B, Rohrer JD, Gorno-Tempini ML, Josephs KA, Snowden J, Warren JD, Rankin KP, Pijnenburg YAL, International rtvFTD Working Group

Deciphering Distinct Genetic Risk Factors for FTLD-TDP Pathological Subtypes via Whole-Genome Sequencing.

Pottier C, Küçükali F, Baker M, Batzler A, Jenkins GD, van Blitterswijk M, Vicente CT, De Coster W, Wynants S, Van de Walle P, Ross OA, Murray ME, Faura J, Haggarty SJ, van Rooij JG, Mol MO, Hsiung GR, Graff C, Öijerstedt L, Neumann M, Asmann Y, McDonnell SK, Baheti S, Josephs KA, Whitwell JL, Bieniek KF, Forsberg L, Heuer H, Lago AL, Geier EG, Yokoyama JS, Oddi AP, Flanagan M, Mao Q, Hodges JR, Kwok JB, Domoto-Reilly K, Synofzik M, Wilke C, Onyike C, Dickerson BC, Evers BM, Dugger BN, Munoz DG, Keith J, Zinman L, Rogaeva E, Suh E, Gefen T, Geula C, Weintraub S, Diehl-Schmid J, Farlow MR, Edbauer D, Woodruff BK, Caselli RJ, Donker Kaat LL, Huey ED, Reiman EM, Mead S, King A, Roeber S, Nana AL, Ertekin-Taner N, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Petrucelli L, Uitti RJ, Wszolek ZK, Ramos EM, Grinberg LT, Gorno Tempini ML, Rosen HJ, Spina S, Piguet O, Grossman M, Trojanowski JQ, Keene DC, Lee-Way J, Prudlo J, Geschwind DH, Rissman RA, Cruchaga C, Ghetti B, Halliday GM, Beach TG, Serrano GE, Arzberger T, Herms J, Boxer AL, Honig LS, Vonsattel JP, Lopez OL, Kofler J, White CL, Gearing M, Glass J, Rohrer JD, Irwin DJ, Lee EB, Van Deerlin V, Castellani R, Mesulam MM, Tartaglia MC, Finger EC, Troakes C, Al-Sarraj S, Miller BL, Seelaar H, Graff-Radford NR, Boeve BF, Mackenzie IR, van Swieten JC, Seeley WW, Sleegers K, Dickson DW, Biernacka JM, Rademakers R

Molecular neuroimaging in dominantly inherited versus sporadic early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Iaccarino L, Llibre-Guerra JJ, McDade E, Edwards L, Gordon B, Benzinger T, Hassenstab J, Kramer JH, Li Y, Miller BL, Miller Z, Morris JC, Mundada N, Perrin RJ, Rosen HJ, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Strom A, Tsoy E, Wang G, Xiong C, Allegri R, Chrem P, Vazquez S, Berman SB, Chhatwal J, Masters CL, Farlow MR, Jucker M, Levin J, Salloway S, Fox NC, Day GS, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, La Joie R, Bateman R, Rabinovici GD

[18F]PI-2620 Binding Patterns in Patients with Suspected Alzheimer Disease and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration.

Blazhenets G, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Thomas W, Mundada N, Brendel M, Vento S, VandeVrede L, Heuer HW, Ljubenkov P, Rojas JC, Chen MK, Amuiri AN, Miller Z, Gorno-Tempini ML, Miller BL, Rosen HJ, Litvan I, Grossman M, Boeve B, Pantelyat A, Tartaglia MC, Irwin DJ, Dickerson BC, Baker SL, Boxer AL, Rabinovici GD, La Joie R

Longitudinal clinical, cognitive and biomarker profiles in dominantly inherited versus sporadic early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Llibre-Guerra JJ, Iaccarino L, Coble D, Edwards L, Li Y, McDade E, Strom A, Gordon B, Mundada N, Schindler SE, Tsoy E, Ma Y, Lu R, Fagan AM, Benzinger TLS, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Aschenbrenner AJ, Miller Z, Wang G, Kramer JH, Hassenstab J, Rosen HJ, Morris JC, Miller BL, Xiong C, Perrin RJ, Allegri R, Chrem P, Surace E, Berman SB, Chhatwal J, Masters CL, Farlow MR, Jucker M, Levin J, Fox NC, Day G, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, La Joie R, Rabinovici GD, Bateman R

Network connectivity alterations across the MAPT mutation clinical spectrum.

Zhang L, Flagan TM, Häkkinen S, Chu SA, Brown JA, Lee AJ, Pasquini L, Mandelli ML, Gorno-Tempini ML, Sturm VE, Yokoyama JS, Appleby BS, Cobigo Y, Dickerson BC, Domoto-Reilly K, Geschwind DH, Ghoshal N, Graff-Radford NR, Grossman M, Hsiung GR, Huey ED, Kantarci K, Lario Lago A, Litvan I, Mackenzie IR, Mendez MF, Onyike CU, Ramos EM, Roberson ED, Tartaglia MC, Toga AW, Weintraub S, Wszolek ZK, Forsberg LK, Heuer HW, Boeve BF, Boxer AL, Rosen HJ, Miller BL, Seeley WW, Lee SE, ARTFL/LEFFTDS/ALLFTD Consortia

Feasibility and acceptability of remote smartphone cognitive testing in frontotemporal dementia research.

Taylor JC, Heuer HW, Clark AL, Wise AB, Manoochehri M, Forsberg L, Mester C, Rao M, Brushaber D, Kramer J, Welch AE, Kornak J, Kremers W, Appleby B, Dickerson BC, Domoto-Reilly K, Fields JA, Ghoshal N, Graff-Radford N, Grossman M, Hall MG, Huey ED, Irwin D, Lapid MI, Litvan I, Mackenzie IR, Masdeu JC, Mendez MF, Nevler N, Onyike CU, Pascual B, Pressman P, Rankin KP, Ratnasiri B, Rojas JC, Tartaglia MC, Wong B, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boeve BF, Rosen HJ, Boxer AL, Staffaroni AM

Accuracy of Tau Positron Emission Tomography as a Prognostic Marker in Preclinical and Prodromal Alzheimer Disease: A Head-to-Head Comparison Against Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Ossenkoppele R, Smith R, Mattsson-Carlgren N, Groot C, Leuzy A, Strandberg O, Palmqvist S, Olsson T, Jögi J, Stormrud E, Cho H, Ryu YH, Choi JY, Boxer AL, Gorno-Tempini ML, Miller BL, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Iaccarino L, La Joie R, Baker S, Borroni E, Klein G, Pontecorvo MJ, Devous MD, Jagust WJ, Lyoo CH, Rabinovici GD, Hansson O

Primary Progressive Aphasia Associated With GRN Mutations: New Insights Into the Nonamyloid Logopenic Variant.

Saracino D, Ferrieux S, Noguès-Lassiaille M, Houot M, Funkiewiez A, Sellami L, Deramecourt V, Pasquier F, Couratier P, Pariente J, Géraudie A, Epelbaum S, Wallon D, Hannequin D, Martinaud O, Clot F, Camuzat A, Bottani S, Rinaldi D, Auriacombe S, Sarazin M, Didic M, Boutoleau-Bretonnière C, Thauvin-Robinet C, Lagarde J, Roué-Jagot C, Sellal F, Gabelle A, Etcharry-Bouyx F, Morin A, Coppola C, Levy R, Dubois B, Brice A, Colliot O, Gorno-Tempini ML, Teichmann M, Migliaccio R, Le Ber I, French Research Network on FTD/FTD-ALS

Diagnostic Utility of Measuring Cerebral Atrophy in the Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia and Association With Clinical Deterioration.

Illán-Gala I, Falgàs N, Friedberg A, Castro-Suárez S, Keret O, Rogers N, Oz D, Nigro S, Quattrone A, Quattrone A, Wolf A, Younes K, Santos-Santos M, Borrego-Écija S, Cobigo Y, Dols-Icardo O, Lladó A, Sánchez-Valle R, Clarimon J, Blesa R, Alcolea D, Fortea J, Lleó A, Grinberg LT, Spina S, Kramer JH, Rabinovici GD, Boxer A, Gorno Tempini ML, Miller BL, Seeley WW, Rosen HJ, Perry DC

Sex differences in the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: A new window to executive and behavioral reserve.

Illán-Gala I, Casaletto KB, Borrego-Écija S, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, Wolf A, Cobigo Y, Goh SYM, Staffaroni AM, Alcolea D, Fortea J, Blesa R, Clarimon J, Iulita MF, Brugulat-Serrat A, Lladó A, Grinberg LT, Possin K, Rankin KP, Kramer JH, Rabinovici GD, Boxer A, Seeley WW, Sturm VE, Gorno-Tempini ML, Miller BL, Sánchez-Valle R, Perry DC, Lleó A, Rosen HJ

Prevalence of amyloid-ß pathology in distinct variants of primary progressive aphasia.

Bergeron D, Gorno-Tempini ML, Rabinovici GD, Santos-Santos MA, Seeley W, Miller BL, Pijnenburg Y, Keulen MA, Groot C, van Berckel BNM, van der Flier WM, Scheltens P, Rohrer JD, Warren JD, Schott JM, Fox NC, Sanchez-Valle R, Grau-Rivera O, Gelpi E, Seelaar H, Papma JM, van Swieten JC, Hodges JR, Leyton CE, Piguet O, Rogalsky EJ, Mesulam MM, Koric L, Nora K, Pariente J, Dickerson B, Mackenzie IR, Hsiung GR, Belliard S, Irwin DJ, Wolk DA, Grossman M, Jones M, Harris J, Mann D, Snowden JS, Chrem-Mendez P, Calandri IL, Amengual AA, Miguet-Alfonsi C, Magnin E, Magnani G, Santangelo R, Deramecourt V, Pasquier F, Mattsson N, Nilsson C, Hansson O, Keith J, Masellis M, Black SE, Matías-Guiu JA, Cabrera-Martin MN, Paquet C, Dumuirger J, Teichmann M, Sarazin M, Bottlaender M, Dubois B, Rowe CC, Villemagne VL, Vandenberghe R, Granadillo E, Teng E, Mendez M, Meyer PT, Frings L, Lleó A, Blesa R, Fortea J, Seo SW, Diehl-Schmid J, Grimmer T, Frederiksen KS, Sánchez-Juan P, Chételat G, Jansen W, Bouchard RW, Robert L, Visser PJ, Ossenkoppele R

Clinicopathological correlations in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia.

Perry DC, Brown JA, Possin KL, Datta S, Trujillo A, Radke A, Karydas A, Kornak J, Sias AC, Rabinovici GD, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, De May M, Rankin KP, Sturm VE, Lee SE, Matthews BR, Kao AW, Vossel KA, Tartaglia MC, Miller ZA, Seo SW, Sidhu M, Gaus SE, Nana AL, Vargas JNS, Hwang JL, Ossenkoppele R, Brown AB, Huang EJ, Coppola G, Rosen HJ, Geschwind D, Trojanowski JQ, Grinberg LT, Kramer JH, Miller BL, Seeley WW

Distinct Subtypes of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Based on Patterns of Network Degeneration.

Ranasinghe KG, Rankin KP, Pressman PS, Perry DC, Lobach IV, Seeley WW, Coppola G, Karydas AM, Grinberg LT, Shany-Ur T, Lee SE, Rabinovici GD, Rosen HJ, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, Miller ZA, Chiong W, DeMay M, Kramer JH, Possin KL, Sturm VE, Bettcher BM, Neylan M, Zackey DD, Nguyen LA, Ketelle R, Block N, Wu TQ, Dallich A, Russek N, Caplan A, Geschwind DH, Vossel KA, Miller BL

Sensitivity of revised diagnostic criteria for the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia.

Rascovsky K, Hodges JR, Knopman D, Mendez MF, Kramer JH, Neuhaus J, van Swieten JC, Seelaar H, Dopper EG, Onyike CU, Hillis AE, Josephs KA, Boeve BF, Kertesz A, Seeley WW, Rankin KP, Johnson JK, Gorno-Tempini ML, Rosen H, Prioleau-Latham CE, Lee A, Kipps CM, Lillo P, Piguet O, Rohrer JD, Rossor MN, Warren JD, Fox NC, Galasko D, Salmon DP, Black SE, Mesulam M, Weintraub S, Dickerson BC, Diehl-Schmid J, Pasquier F, Deramecourt V, Lebert F, Pijnenburg Y, Chow TW, Manes F, Grafman J, Cappa SF, Freedman M, Grossman M, Miller BL