n. a lack of will and initiative resulting in the inability to act or make decisions independently. It occurs in neurological diseases involving the frontal lobes and/or *basal ganglia, such as *traumatic brain injury, stroke, and dementia. Abulia is also seen in psychiatric diseases, including schizophrenia. It is a disorder of motivation and may result from dysfunction of the *dopamine-mediated reward system.
(FTD) a relatively rare neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of neurons predominantly involving the frontal and/or temporal lobes. First described by Arnold Pick in 1892, it was originally called Pick’s disease. Common symptoms include significant changes in social and personal behaviour, *abulia, blunting of emotions, and language deficits. Compared with *Alzheimer’s disease, a younger population is affected (age 55–65) and more cases have a genetic cause.... frontotemporal dementia
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