Seminar · Clinical Neurology
Mapping Individual Trajectories of Structural and Cognitive Decline in Mild Cognitive Impairment
Shreya Rajagopal · Psychology, University of Michigan
Fri, Mar 25, 2022 · 09:00 UTC
The US has an aging population. For the first time in US history, the number of older adults is projected to outnumber that of children by 2034. This combined with the fact that the prevalence of Alzheimer's Disease increases exponentially with age makes for a worrying combination. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an intermediate stage of cognitive decline between being cognitively normal and having full-blown Dementia, with every third person with MCI progressing to dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (DAT). While there is no known way to reverse symptoms once they begin, early prediction of d