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How frontotemporal dementia, the syndrome affecting Bruce Willis, changes the brain – research is untangling its genetic causes

  • Written by Fen-Biao Gao, Professor of Neurology, Gov. Paul Cellucci Chair in Neuroscience Research, UMass Chan Medical School
How frontotemporal dementia, the syndrome affecting Bruce Willis, changes the brain – research is untangling its genetic causesSome of the same genetic mutations can lead to FTD, ALS or symptoms of both.antoniokhr/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Around 55 million people worldwide suffer from dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease. Recently, the actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, a rare type of dementia that typically affects people ages...

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