We are how we eat?
- Department of Neurology, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5, UK; CathMummery@aol.com
The underlying neural substrates of eating behaviours
The two most common dementias in the presenium are Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Early and accurate diagnosis is critical for prognosis, consideration of genetic issues, and appropriate therapeutic intervention. Recognition of associated behavioural disturbance is paramount in order to address the enormous caregiver burden with sufficient resources. However, early recognition is still fraught with difficulty, exacerbated by a lack of systematic studies. As conventional cognitive assessment can fail to reveal significant behavioural deficits early in disease, it is imperative to develop new and sensitive tools, such as that described in the paper by Ikeda et al (this issue, …
