New concept, checklist could support earlier Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Researchers at AAIC 2016 introduced a new condition or patient status called mild behavioral impairment (MBI) that may be a forerunner of neurodegeneration and progression to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia. They also proposed a new MBI checklist (MBI-C) designed to be administered by physicians that looks at five categories of behavioral symptoms and may eventually help clinicians capture behavioral changes that signal the beginnings of neurodegeneration.