Functional MRI is an attractive method for studying cognitive task-related and resting-state patterns of brain activation and connectivity. Since hippocampal dysfunction has been widely reported in ...

Requiring impairment on 2 memory tests improves prediction of brain atrophy and progression to AD. HealthDay News — Modifying diagnostic criteria to require impairment on at least 2 memory tests for ...

BALTIMORE, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --AgeneBio announced today that it has completed enrollment in a Phase 2B clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of AGB101, a once-a-day investigational ...

Objective—The effect of diabetes on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and its conversion to dementia remains controversial. We sought to examine whether diabetes and pre-diabetes are associated with MCI ...

Dear Doctor: My brother-in-law, who recently retired from his job as a research scientist at age 68, has been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment. I don’t want to upset my sister with too many ...

Individuals with mild cognitive impairment, especially of the "amnestic subtype" (aMCI), are at increased risk for dementia due to Alzheimer's disease relative to cognitively healthy older adults. Now ...

Women make up two-thirds of patients with Alzheimer's disease - so why is it that women are less likely than men to be diagnosed with its precursor, amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI)? This was ...

This month’s Archives of Neurology provides a gold mine of studies on the neuropathological correlates of mild cognitive impairment, and the predictive value of this syndrome as a precursor of ...

June is brain and Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, a time to focus on our brains’ health. As we age, memory lapses and forgetfulness can raise concerns. When are these more than “senior moments”?

A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society examined five personality traits--neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness--and their links to ...

A study published earlier this month shows that certain personality traits may affect the risk of pre-dementia. In findings published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers ...