Pick's Disease

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Synonyms

• Diffuse Degenerative Cerebral Disease
• Lobar Atrophy of the Brain
• Dementia with Lobar Atrophy and Neuronal Cytoplasmic Inclusions
• Pick Disease of the Brain

Disorder Subdivisions

• None

General Discussion

Pick's Disease is a very rare progressive disease that affects certain areas of the brain (i.e., temporal and frontal lobes). Symptoms of this disorder may include loss of intellectual abilities and changes in behavior (e.g., lack of inhibition) and personality. Affected individuals may exhibit confusion and a general lack of concern about their surroundings. Other symptoms may include unusual speech patterns and the repetition of another's words (echolalia). In the majority of cases, the exact cause of Pick's Disease is not known; however, about 10 to 20 percent of cases are thought to be inherited as an autosomal dominant genetic trait.

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Resources

Alzheimer's Association

225 North Michigan Avenue

Suite 1700

Chicago, IL 60601-7633

USA

Tel: 3123358700

Fax: 3123351110

Tel: 8002723900

Email: info@alz.org

Internet: http://www.alz.org



Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center

P.O. Box 8250

Silver Spring, MD 20907-8250

Tel: (301)495-3311

Fax: (301)495-3334

Tel: (800)438-4380

Email: adear@alzheimers.org

Internet: http://www.alzheimers.org



NIH/National Institute on Aging

PO Box 8057

Gaithersburg, MD 20892-8057

Tel: (301)496-1752

Tel: (800)222-2225

Internet: http://www.nih.gov/nia



National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

31 Center Drive

8A07

Bethesda, MD 20892-2540

Tel: (301)496-5751

Fax: (301)402-2186

Tel: (800)352-9424

Email: braininfo@ninds.nih.gov

Internet: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/



C-Mac Informational Services, Inc.

120 Clinton Lane

Cookeville, TN 38501-8946

Tel: (931)268-1201

Email: caregiver_cmi@hotmail.com

Internet: http://www.caregivernews.org



Association for Frontotemporal Dementias (AFTD)

1616 Walnut Street, Suite 1100

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel: (267)514-7221

Tel: (866)507-7222

Email: info@ftd-picks.org

Internet: http://www.ftd-picks.org

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Last Updated:  5/18/2008

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Last updated:	May 18, 2008