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Breadth and depth of working memory and executive function compromises in mild cognitive impairment and their relationships to frontal lobe morphometry and functional competence.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The extent of working memory (WM) and executive function (EF) impairment in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is not well-characterized.

Methods

We compared 48 patients with MCI, 124 noncognitively impaired elderly healthy controls, and 57 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) on multiple WM/EF measures, frontal lobe integrity indexes, and functioning.

Results

Patients with MCI demonstrated worse performance on nearly all WM/EF tests. This profile of impairment was refined in a factor analysis that identified three primary WM/EF constructs: WM storage; speed and controlled visual search; and manipulation of information and problem solving. EF impairments were associated with reductions in prefrontal cortical thickness. WM/EF accounted for over 50% of the variance in functional competence.

Discussion

In MCI, WM/EF impairments are far from rare, based on specific compromises to frontal cortex circuitry, and are associated with loss of everyday functioning. WM/EF impairments, even at this potentially prodromal stage of AD, have clinically deleterious consequences.

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Alvarez L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6416209 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Breadth and depth of working memory and executive function compromises in mild cognitive impairment and their relationships to frontal lobe morphometry and functional competence.

Garcia-Alvarez Leticia L Gomar Jesus J JJ Sousa Amber A Garcia-Portilla Maria P MP Goldberg Terry E TE

Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 20190222

<h4>Introduction</h4>The extent of working memory (WM) and executive function (EF) impairment in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is not well-characterized.<h4>Methods</h4>We compared 48 patients with MCI, 124 noncognitively impaired elderly healthy controls, and 57 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) on multiple WM/EF measures, frontal lobe integrity indexes, and functioning.<h4>Results</h4>Patients with MCI demonstrated worse performance on nearly all WM/EF tests. This profile of impairment ...[more]

PMID: 30911598

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Breadth and depth of working memory and executive function compromises in mild cognitive impairment and their relationships to frontal lobe morphometry and functional competence.

Introduction

Methods

Results

Discussion

Publications

Breadth and depth of working memory and executive function compromises in mild cognitive impairment and their relationships to frontal lobe morphometry and functional competence.

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