Cognitive Reserve In Non-Alzheimer'S Dementias

Background/aims: Previous studies suggest that cognitive reserve allows patients with a higher school education to cope better with brain damage. However, research has been focused on Alzheimer's disease (AD), and no studies existed so far exploring the cognitive reserve hypothesis in other neurodegenerative disorders. The aim of the present studies was therefore to provide evidence for cognitive reserve in neurodegenerative disorders other than AD, such as frontotemporal dementia (FTD), non-fluent progressive aphasia (NFPA), and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).