Dementia and art: neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease and dissolution of artistic creativity.
The paper presents a new case of neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease (NIFID), a recently described new variant of early-onset frontotemporal dementia. Documented with repetitive brain images, morphologically proven cases additionally endorse evolving the clinical and pathological phenotype of NIFID. For the first time the paper describes the probable influence of NIFID on the artistic creativity of an accomplished artist showing rapid dissolution of artistic talent.
Budrys
Valmantas
V
Clinic of Neurology, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, National Center of Pathology and Department of Psychiatry, Vilnius Republical Hospital of Psychiatry, Vilnius, Lithuania. valma@takas.lt
Skullerud
Kari
K
Petroska
Donatas
D
Lengveniene
Jurate
J
Kaubrys
Gintaras
G
D001154:Art / Q000266:history; D003405:Creativity; D003704:Dementia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007382:Intermediate Filaments / Q000378:metabolism