Brain Changes May Help Track Dementia, Even Before Diagnosis

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Brain Changes May Help Track Dementia, Even Before Diagnosis 

Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS – Even before a dementia diagnosis, people with mild cognitive impairment may have different changes in the brain depending on what type of dementia they have, according to a study published in the September 11, 2019, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

“These differences may reflect underlying changes in the brain that could be used to track early changes in people who are going to develop either…

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