title: Dementia and art: neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease and dissolution of artistic creativity.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Valmantas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Budrys
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Skullerud
authors.forename: Donatas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petroska
authors.forename: Jurate
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lengveniene
authors.forename: Gintaras
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaubrys
mesh_terms: 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