Sleep in Frontotemporal Dementia is Equally or Possibly More Disrupted, and at an Earlier Stage, When Compared to Sleep in Alzheimer's Disease

Abstract

With respect to AD, FTD patients had several sleep parameters similarly or even more affected by neurodegeneration, but in a much shorter time span. The findings probably indicate a centrally originating sleep deregulation. Since in FTD patients sleep disturbances may be obvious from an early stage of their disease, and possibly earlier than in AD patients, physicians and caregivers should be alert for the early detection and treatment of these symptoms.