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Could key changes in intra-network connectivity revealed on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans indicate the development of Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)?

For a new study, recently published in Academic Radiology, researchers reviewed cognitive function assessments and resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) data for 33 patients who had MCI prior to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), 55 patients who had MCI prior to developing Parkinson’s disease (PD) and 34 healthy controls. The cognitive function assessments with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) were performed within one hour prior to fMRI, according to the study.

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