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Mild Cognitive Impairment and the Early Detection of Dementia

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Mild Cognitive Impairment and the Early Detection of Dementia

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    1. Mild Cognitive Impairment and the Early Detection of Dementia David P. Salmon, Ph.D. Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Department of Neurosciences University of California, San Diego

    2. Dementia DSM-IV Criteria Memory impairment Additional cognitive impairment, such as aphasia, apraxia, or agnosia Cognitive impairment “of sufficient severity to interfere with occupational or social performance, or both”

    3. Probable Causes of Dementia

    4. Alzheimer’s Disease Cortical atrophy, neuron loss, synapse loss Neuritic plaques, neurofibrillary tangles Cholinergic and noradrenergic loss Progressive dementia

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