Mild Cognitive Impairment, Possible 'Resilience' Factors Identified

An Italian study published in the US journal Alzheimer's & Dementia shows that a proportion of patients do not worsen over time thanks to specific brain resilience mechanisms detected by electroencephalography. Not all patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) are destined to slide towards dementia. This is a key point, often overlooked in the public narrative of neurodegenerative diseases, because Mci is a 'borderline' condition: more than normal brain ageing, but not yet dementia, with a clinical future that may differ significantly from person to person.