Nov. 25, 2003 — The rate of medial temporal lobe (MTL) atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is associated with cognitive decline, according to the results of a six-year longitudinal study ...

Although sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been associated with amyloid deposition and an increase in the risk of dementia, the mechanism behind this occurrence has remained unclear. Study: ...

The need for early diagnosis of Alzheimer disease is gathering importance with the prospect of disease-modifying therapy. Medial temporal lobe atrophy on MRI is a characteristic, early and predictive ...

December 20, 2011 — The same brain regions that undergo atrophy in Alzheimer's disease are also seen in cognitive decline related to Parkinson's disease (PD), a new study shows. Atrophy in the ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study subtle changes in a specific area of the brain, scientists can predict future cognitive or memory decline in healthy adults, according ...

A study led by the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has succeeded in describing, for the first time in detail, the structural evolution of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) regions across the ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University researchers have identified a protein essential for building memories that appears to predict the progression of memory loss and brain atrophy in Alzheimer’s ...

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 ...

Clinicians have long puzzled over the heterogeneity of Alzheimer disease symptoms—for example, some patients display the classic disorientation and forgetfulness, whereas others struggle more with ...

Researchers from four academic neurosurgical centers in Japan found that the parietooccipital fissure, which divides the temporal, occipital, and parietal lobes of the brain, acts as an obstacle that ...

A part of the brain connected to memory shrank in people with severe sleep-disordered breathing — which can include heavy snoring and sleep apnea — according to a new study. People with sleep apnea ...