Welcome to the Dickerson Lab: Non-Alzheimer dementias
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In the Dickerson lab, we are also focusing on research to better understand non-Alzheimer forms of cognitive impairment or dementia.
Non-Alzheimer forms of cognitive impairment and dementia include frontotemporal dementias, other focal neurodegenerative syndromes (such as posterior cortical atrophy), Lewy-body or parkinsonian dementias, corticobasal degeneration, cerebrovascular dementias, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy, among others. We have ongoing research projects or collaborative efforts underway on all of these diseases. At this point, the majority of the research we are conducting aims to better understand these disorders in terms of brain-behavior relationships. Some applications of this work include earlier and more accurate diagnosis and improved methods for monitoring progression, which will be extremely important as new treatments are developed. Click on any of the links below to learn more about these disorders and the work we are doing.Primary progressive aphasia
Frontotemporal dementias
Posterior cortical atrophy
Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Focal cortical degenerations
Cerebrovascular dementia
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy