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Abstract #2230

The Background Brain Network Plays a Compensatory Role in Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

Wutao Lou 1 , Lin Shi 2 , Defeng Wang 1 , Winnie CW Chu 1 , Vincent CT Mok 2 , Sheung-Tak Cheng 3,4 , and Linda CW Lam 5

1 Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, 2 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, 3 Department of Psychological Studies, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Shatin, Hong Kong, 4 Center for Psychosocial Health and Aging, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Shatin, Hong Kong, 5 Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong

The background brain activity was considered to reflect the cognitive state of participants maintained the task. In this study, the background network efficiency of the working memory network of 17 aMCI patients and 19 controls were analyzed by using fMRI during a visuospatial working memory task. The aMCI patients showed increased local efficiency compared to normal controls and suggested aMCI patients have to pay more effort to complete the task due to memory impairment and suggest the compensatory property of the background network.

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