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Trial to investigate the effects of Oxytocin to reduce symptoms of dementia
Dr Michael Hornberger (Clinical Neuroscience) and his team are starting a pilot trial to investigate whether a hormone produced naturally in the brain could help reduce the symptoms of a certain type of dementia. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), which affects about 16,000 people in the UK, can cause distressing symptoms such as loss of empathy and inappropriate behaviour.