Frontotemporal Dementia Doctor Fights For the Ultimate Underdog

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In early Alzheimer’s, memory is the problem. FTD goes further, destroying the uniquely human capacity for social networking. See why Dr. Bruce Miller has chosen to champion the ultimate underdogs, his patients with FTD.

This film competed in the 2011 Neuro Film Festival from the American Academy of Neurology Foundation. Let's put our brains together and support brain research.

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