JAMA neurology
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Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is usually sporadic, but few pedigrees with familial clustering of PSP-like phenotypes have been described. Occasionally, MAPT, C9ORF72, and TARDBP mutations have been identified. ⋯ Mutations of the DCTN1 gene have been previously associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and with Perry syndrome, a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by weight loss, parkinsonism, central hypoventilation, and psychiatric disturbances. Our study demonstrates that DCTN1 mutations should be searched for in patients with clinical PSP-like phenotypes and a behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia, especially when a familial history of dementia, psychiatric disturbances, associated parkinsonism, or an autosomal dominant disorder is present.