Mild cognitive impairment: A concept and diagnostic entity in need of input from neuropsychology

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-134

  Bondi, Mark W ^a,b   Smith, Glenn E ^c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Alzheimer's disease; Biomarkers; Cerebrospinal fluid; Diffusion tensor imaging; Episodic memory; Executive functions; Functional capacity; Functional MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuroimaging; Neuropsychology; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DISEASES; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY;

BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84894154690     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617714000010     Document Type: Review

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