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Vestibular Impairment in Frontotemporal Dementia Syndrome: Original Research Article
Vestibular Impairment in Frontotemporal Dementia Syndrome: Original Research Article
Vestibular Impairment in
Frontotemporal Dementia Syndrome
Kiyotaka Nakamagoe a Kotarou Kadono a Tadachika Koganezawa b
Mao Takiguchi a Makoto Terada a Fumiko Yamamoto a
Tetsuya Moriyama a Kumi Yanagiha a Seitaro Nohara a Naoki Tozaka a
Zenshi Miyake a Satoshi Aizawa a Kentaro Furusho c Akira Tamaoka a
a Department of Neurology, Division of Clinical Medicine, and b Department of Physiology,
Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, and
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Department of Neurology, Ryugasaki Saiseikai Hospital, Ryugasaki, Japan
Key Words
Frontotemporal dementia · Vestibular function · Frontotemporal lobar degeneration · Visual
suppression · Vestibular stimulation · Frontal eye field · Inferior parietal lobule · Caloric test
Abstract
Background: No studies to date have attempted to evaluate frontotemporal lobar degen-
eration from the perspective of the vestibular system. Objective: The present study examined
vestibular function in patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) clinical syndrome and
evaluated whether vestibular disorders are involved in the clinical symptoms due to FTD.
Methods: Fourteen patients with FTD syndrome, as well as healthy elderly controls without
dementia, were included in the present study. All subjects underwent vestibular function tests
using electronystagmography, such as caloric tests and visual suppression (VS) tests, in which
the induced caloric nystagmus was suppressed by visual stimuli. The association between
clinical symptoms and vestibular function in the FTD syndrome group was further examined.
Results: In the FTD syndrome group, caloric nystagmus was not necessarily suppressed dur-
ing VS tests. Furthermore, VS was observed to be significantly impaired in FTD syndrome pa-
tients with gait disturbance as compared to those without such disturbance. Conclusion: The
present study revealed that impairment of VS in patients with FTD results in an inability to
regulate vestibular function by means of visual perception, regardless of multiple presumed
neuropathological backgrounds. This could also be associated with gait disturbance in pa-
tients with FTD syndrome. © 2016 The Author(s)
Published by S. Karger AG, Basel
Kiyotaka Nakamagoe
University of Tsukuba
Tennodai 1-1-1
Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575 (Japan)
E-Mail nakamagoek @ md.tsukuba.ac.jp
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Introduction
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