Apathy & Impulsivity in Neurodegenerative Disorders

Apathy and impulsivity are severe and injurious aspects of many neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. These include the spectrum of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and Parkinson’s’ disease, a series of incurable neurodegenerative conditions that share some pathological and clinical features.