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Examining the relation between bilingualism and age of symptom onset in frontotemporal dementia.
de Leon, Jessica; Grasso, Stephanie; Allen, Isabel Elaine; Escueta, Danielle P; Vega, Yvette; Eshghavi, Malihe; Watson, Christa; Dronkers, Nina; Gorno-Tempini, Maria Luisa; Henry, Maya L.
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  • de Leon J; Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Grasso S; Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Texas At Austin, Texas, USA.
  • Allen IE; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Escueta DP; Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Vega Y; Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Eshghavi M; Department of International and Multicultural Education, University of San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Watson C; Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Dronkers N; Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
  • Gorno-Tempini ML; Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Henry ML; Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Texas At Austin, Texas, USA.
Biling (Camb Engl) ; 27(2): 274-286, 2024 Mar.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38707508
ABSTRACT
Bilingualism is thought to confer advantages in executive functioning, thereby contributing to cognitive reserve and a later age of dementia symptom onset. While the relation between bilingualism and age of onset has been explored in Alzheimer's dementia, there are few studies examining bilingualism as a contributor to cognitive reserve in frontotemporal dementia (FTD). In line with previous findings, we hypothesized that bilinguals with behavioral variant FTD would be older at symptom onset compared to monolinguals, but that no such effect would be found in patients with nonfluent/agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia (PPA) or semantic variant PPA. Contrary to our hypothesis, we found no significant difference in age at symptom onset between monolingual and bilingual speakers within any of the FTD variants, and there were no notable differences on neuropsychological measures. Overall, our results do not support a protective effect of bilingualism in patients with FTD-spectrum disease in a U.S. based cohort.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Biling (Camb Engl) Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Biling (Camb Engl) Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido