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P2‐173: Correlating minimal atrophy of hippocampus (HPC) and entorhinal cortex (ERC) with memory and functional ability among elderly subjects
Author(s) -
Varon Daniel,
Potter Elizabeth,
Rodriguez Miriam,
Barker Warren,
Raj Balaibal Ashok,
Loewenstein David,
Potter Huntington,
Duara Ranjan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2010.05.1221
Subject(s) - atrophy , entorhinal cortex , psychology , audiology , clinical dementia rating , episodic memory , dementia , verbal fluency test , neuropsychology , hippocampus , neuroscience , medicine , pathology , cognition , disease , cognitive impairment
measures (MMSE) in corresponding to underlying AD pathology. The use of a brief test such as the AD8 may improve strategies for detecting dementia in community settings and in developing countries where biomarkers may not be readily available and may also enrich clinical trial recruitment by increasing the likelihood that participants have underlying biomarker abnormalities that are increasingly becoming required for inclusion.