Correlation between neurological findings and neuropsychiatric symptoms in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia: Systematic review

Abstract

Introduction. Within Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Behavioral variant (BvFTD) is the most prevalent, is associated with a marked alteration in behavior and emotional regulation. Objective. Describes the neuroanatomical correlate in subjects with BvFTD and the neuropsychiatric clinical characteristics described in them. Methodology. A systematic review of articles published between 2013 and 2018 has been carried out, in relation to the BvFTD, in databases in english and spanish that meet the inclusion criteria. Results. The BvFTD is associated with a hypofunction in the areas of the prefrontal cortex, cingulate cortex and others. Apathy and disinhibition are the main symptomatology of study. Conclusions. There is a lack of updated articles that describe neuropsychiatric characteristics along with their imaging description in this population that favors the development of medical and non-medical approaches.