Mild cognitive impairment has two forms: amnestic mild cognitive impairment, primarily affecting memory and increasing Alzheimer’s risk, and non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment, impacting ...

1 Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging (CNSA), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA. 2 Florida Alzheimer’s Disease ...

“Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) is a condition that describes a transitional state between normal cognition and significant cognitive impairment (dementia), which affects everyday ...

The EXERT study, one of the largest and longest-running clinical trials of its kind, followed nearly 300 sedentary adults aged 65 to 89 with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a condition ...

Amnestic has the same root as the word amnesia, meaning memory loss. From studies in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease or amnestic MCI, we know that the changes are similar.

Cite this: Hippocampal Dysfunction in Amnestic-type Mild Cognitive Impairment: Implications for Predicting Alzheimer's Risk - Medscape - Sep 01, 2009.

Neurologists divide MCI into two broad categories: amnestic impairment, in which memory loss is the predominant symptom, and non-amnestic impairment, in which other cognitive areas, such as ...

Language-processing difficulties are an indicator of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), a risk factor for dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study.

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.

Doctors explain the signs to look for, and how to get evaluated. By Dana G. Smith Mike Davis’s mother died from Alzheimer’s disease in 2008. So when Mr. Davis started noticing that he was ...