Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
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Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is a mild cognitive impairment. This disorder can be defined as an intermediate stage between the cognitive decline that is expected from normal aging and cognitive decline with symptoms that look like dementia.
It involves problems with memory, thinking, language, and assessment of age-related changes. If you have mild cognitive impairment, may be aware that the memory or mental function has declined. Family and close friends may also notice a change.
But generally these changes are not severe enough to interfere with daily life. Mild cognitive impairment increases the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer disease, especially when the main difficulties experienced were memory disorders.
But some people with this condition does not deteriorate, and some patients eventually get better.
Brain imaging studies show that the following changes are often associated with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
A. shrinkage of the hippocampus
2. Plaques, which are abnormal clumps of beta-amyloid protein in whole brain
3. Enlargement of the brain fluid-filled spaces (ventricles)
4. Reduce the use of glucose, because the main source of energy for cells, in key brain regions
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