In April’s podcast, we put a spotlight on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia.

Maxime Bertoux, a neuropsychologist at Paris-Sorbonne University, discusses the problem of misdiagnosis of the behavioural variant of FTD, and how he’s shown the Social Cognition and Emotional Assessment is a more powerful tool than others in use (20.50).

And Martin Turner, consultant neurologist at Oxford University Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, talks about early tractography work in ALS (13.23).

We also take a look at corticobasal syndrome. JNNP editor Matthew Kiernan asks John Hodges, Neuroscience Research Australia, about his work looking to standardise diagnostic criteria (1.16).

See also:

Nerve fibre degeneration in the brain in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis http://tinyurl.com/ar8bolm

Diagnostic criteria for corticobasal syndrome: a comparative study http://tinyurl.com/a7sskux

Social Cognition and Emotional Assessment differentiates frontotemporal dementia from depression http://tinyurl.com/bkpfrru

JNNP podcast: Martin Turner on athleticism and ALS http://tinyurl.com/an724hs