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disposition > cognitive disorder > memory disorder > semantic dementia

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semantic dementia  

Definition

  • "Semantic dementia (SD) is a subtype of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) characterized by selective deficits in semantic memory, manifesting as loss of meaning for words, objects, or faces and is associated with prominent anterior temporal atrophy" (Kawakatsu et al., 2023, p. 5).

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  • • Belliard, S., Jonin, P.-Y., & Merck, C. (2010). Actualités sur la démence sémantique. Revue de neuropsychologie, 2(1), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.3917/rne.021.0031

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Cole, R. H., Clark, C. N., & Poole, N. A. (2023). Semantic dementia: A complex and culturally influenced presentation. BJPsych Bulletin, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2022.100

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Kawakatsu, S., Kobayashi, R., Morioka, D., Hayashi, H., Utsunomiya, A., Kabasawa, T., Ohe, R., Futakuchi, M., & Otani, K. (2023). Clinicopathological diversity of semantic dementia: Comparisons of patients with early-onset versus late-onset, left-sided versus right-sided temporal atrophy, and TDP-type A versus type C pathology. Neuropathology, 43(1), 5–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/neup.12859

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  • • Klimova, B., Novotny, M., & Kuca, K. (2017). Semantic dementia: A mini-review. Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.2174/1389557516666161223155110

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  • • Landin-Romero, R., Tan, R., Hodges, J. R., & Kumfor, F. (2016). An update on semantic dementia: Genetics, imaging, and pathology. Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 8(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-016-0219-5

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  • • Merck, C., Noël, A., Jamet, É., Robert, M., Salmon, A., & Kalénine, S. (2022). La démence sémantique: un bon modèle clinique de perte du système sémantique ? Revue de neuropsychologie, 14(3), 171–178. https://doi.org/10.1684/nrp.2022.0715

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  • • Shebani, Z., & Patterson, K. (2024). (What) can patients with semantic dementia learn? Neuropsychologia, 197, 108844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108844

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  • • Snowden, J., Goulding, P. J., & David, N. (1989). Semantic dementia : A form of circumscribed cerebral atrophy. Behavioural Neurology, 2(3), 167‑182. https://doi.org/10.1155/1989/124043

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  • • Yang, Q., Guo, Q., & Bi, Y. (2015). The brain connectivity basis of semantic dementia: A selective review. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 21(10), 784–792. https://doi.org/10.1111/cns.12449

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

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