scholarly journals Continuous measurement of object location memory is sensitive to effects of age and mild cognitive impairment and related to medial temporal lobe volume

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin M. Hampstead ◽  
Stephen Towler ◽  
Anthony Y. Stringer ◽  
Krishnankutty Sathian
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Medial Temporal Lobe ◽  
Continuous Measurement ◽  
Object Location ◽  
Location Memory ◽  
Object Location Memory

An object location memory paradigm for older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment

2014 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
pp. 16-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Külzow ◽  
Lucia Kerti ◽  
Veronica A. Witte ◽  
Ute Kopp ◽  
Caterina Breitenstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Object Location ◽  
Location Memory ◽  
Object Location Memory

scholarly journals Short Digital Spatial Memory Test Detects Impairment in Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1350
Author(s):  
Jackie M. Poos ◽  
Ineke J. M. van der van der Ham ◽  
Anna E. Leeuwis ◽  
Yolande A. L. Pijnenburg ◽  
Wiesje M. van der van der Flier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Spatial Memory ◽  
Neuropsychological Assessment ◽  
Scene Recognition ◽  
Memory Test ◽  
Test Battery ◽  
Object Location ◽  
Location Memory ◽  
Object Location Memory

Background: Impairment in navigation abilities and object location memory are often seen in early-stage Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), yet these constructs are not included in standard neuropsychological assessment. We investigated the differential ability of a short digital spatial memory test in mild AD dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods: 21 patients with AD dementia (66.9 ± 6.9; 47% female), 22 patients with MCI (69.6 ± 8.3; 46% female) and 21 patients with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) (62.2 ± 8.9; 48% female) from the Amsterdam Dementia Cohort performed the Object Location Memory Test (OLMT), consisting of a visual perception and memory trial, and the Virtual Tübingen (VT) test, consisting of a scene recognition, route continuation, route ordering and distance comparison task. The correlations with other cognitive domains were examined. Results: Patients with mild AD dementia (Z: −2.51 ± 1.15) and MCI (Z: −1.81 ± 0.92) performed worse than participants with SCD (Z: 0.0 ± 1.0) on the OLMT. Scene recognition and route continuation were equally impaired in patients with AD dementia (Z: −1.14 ± 0.73; Z: −1.44 ± 1.13) and MCI (Z: −1.37 ± 1.25; Z: −1.21 ± 1.07). Route ordering was only impaired in patients with MCI (Z: −0.82 ± 0.78). Weak to moderate correlations were found between route continuation and memory (r(64) = 0.40, p < 0.01), and between route ordering and attention (r(64) = 0.33, p < 0.01), but not for the OLMT. Conclusion: A short digital spatial memory test battery was able to detect object location memory and navigation impairment in patients with mild AD dementia and MCI, highlighting the value of incorporating such a test battery in standard neuropsychological assessment.

Discriminating accuracy of medial temporal lobe volumetry and fMRI in mild cognitive impairment

Hippocampus ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Jauhiainen ◽  
Maija Pihlajamäki ◽  
Susanna Tervo ◽  
Eini Niskanen ◽  
Heikki Tanila ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Medial Temporal Lobe

scholarly journals Increased functional connectivity within medial temporal lobe in mild cognitive impairment

Hippocampus ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandhitsu R. Das ◽  
John Pluta ◽  
Lauren Mancuso ◽  
Dasha Kliot ◽  
Sylvia Orozco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Medial Temporal Lobe

scholarly journals Atrophy and cognitive profiles in older adults with temporal lobe epilepsy are similar to mild cognitive impairment

Brain ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Kaestner ◽  
Anny Reyes ◽  
Austin Chen ◽  
Jun Rao ◽  
Anna Christina Macari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Medial Temporal Lobe ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

Abstract Epilepsy incidence and prevalence peaks in older adults yet systematic studies of brain ageing and cognition in older adults with epilepsy remain limited. Here, we characterize patterns of cortical atrophy and cognitive impairment in 73 older adults with temporal lobe epilepsy (&gt;55 years) and compare these patterns to those observed in 70 healthy controls and 79 patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment, the prodromal stage of Alzheimer’s disease. Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy were recruited from four tertiary epilepsy surgical centres; amnestic mild cognitive impairment and control subjects were obtained from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative database. Whole brain and region of interest analyses were conducted between patient groups and controls, as well as between temporal lobe epilepsy patients with early-onset (age of onset &lt;50 years) and late-onset (&gt;50 years) seizures. Older adults with temporal lobe epilepsy demonstrated a similar pattern and magnitude of medial temporal lobe atrophy to amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Region of interest analyses revealed pronounced medial temporal lobe thinning in both patient groups in bilateral entorhinal, temporal pole, and fusiform regions (all P &lt; 0.05). Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy demonstrated thinner left entorhinal cortex compared to amnestic mild cognitive impairment (P = 0.02). Patients with late-onset temporal lobe epilepsy had a more consistent pattern of cortical thinning than patients with early-onset epilepsy, demonstrating decreased cortical thickness extending into the bilateral fusiform (both P &lt; 0.01). Both temporal lobe epilepsy and amnestic mild cognitive impairment groups showed significant memory and language impairment relative to healthy control subjects. However, despite similar performances in language and memory encoding, patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment demonstrated poorer delayed memory performances relative to both early and late-onset temporal lobe epilepsy. Medial temporal lobe atrophy and cognitive impairment overlap between older adults with temporal lobe epilepsy and amnestic mild cognitive impairment highlights the risks of growing old with epilepsy. Concerns regarding accelerated ageing and Alzheimer’s disease co-morbidity in older adults with temporal lobe epilepsy suggests an urgent need for translational research aimed at identifying common mechanisms and/or targeting symptoms shared across a broad neurological disease spectrum.

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