Scores Obtained from a Simple Cognitive Test of Visuospatial Episodic Memory Performed Decades before Death Are Associated with the Ultimate Presence of Alzheimer Disease Pathology.

CONCLUSIONS: The results raise the possibility of identifying individuals at future risk of the neuropathological changes associated with AD over 20 years before death using a simple cognitive test. This work may facilitate early interventions, therapeutics and treatments for AD by identifying at-risk and minimally affected (in pathological terms) individuals. PMID: 29694971 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29694971?dopt=Abstract

Source: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders - April 26, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord Source Type: research