Description: Pick's Disease and Pick ComplexEdited by Andrew Kertesz and David G. MunozPick's disease, a form of dementia often accompanied by aphasia, has been known for over a century. However, the highly complex symptoms associated with frontal and temporal lobe deficits have made Pick's disease difficult to diagnose, even by experienced clinicians. Over time, confusion over similar disorders and variations in the disease have led to some twenty Pick complex syndromes being relabeled as entirely new.Pick's Disease and Pick Complex is the first book devoted to Pick's disease and its clinical and pathological manifestations. It sorts through the existing patchwork of terms and entities, and clearly presents the clinical concepts encompassed in this family of syndromes. This volume covers clinical depression, neuropathology, biology, and neurogenetic aspects of the disease. It compares Pick's disease to Alzheimer's, the multiple atrophies, and other neurodegenerative diseases. It also offers a critical review of the pathology and biology involved in other focal atrophies that share certain conditions with Pick's disease. Other topics covered include: Clinical and neuropsychological features of frontotemporal dementia The quantification of behavior in frontal lobe dementia Primary progressive aphasia Semantic dementia The movement disorder of corticobasal degeneration Cognitive changes in corticobasal degeneration Apraxia in the syndromes of Pick complex Frontotemp

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