The FTD talk team is led by Jonathan Rohrer. We work within the Dementia Research Centre in the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.
FTD talk is a home for the FTD community, providing up-to-date information and helpful factsheets about FTD. We also blog about our own research, which aims to develop new biomarkers for FTD and support people affected by FTD throughout their journey.
We run the Genetic FTD Initiative (GENFI) and co-ordinate the FTD Prevention Initiative (FPI).
We also organize the yearly FTD UK meeting for clinicians and researchers in the field within the United Kingdom.
WHAT IS FTD?
Frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, is a neurodegenerative disease that affects adults, with an average age of onset between 50 and 60.
Following a short hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, last week marked the 10th edition of the annual FTD-UK conference with a successful event held at University College London (UCL). The meeting se...
Congratulations to Imogen Swift from our team who was recently shortlisted for a national award called the MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Prize. Her article is below, and was written after intervie...
Two new papers have been published by our team this month highlighting the role of inflammation in the brain in people with FTD. Both papers have been led by Aitana Sogorb Esteve from our team. The...
