Alzheimers Dictionary

MCI (mild cognitive impairment): A brain disorder that causes a mild impairment of memory and thinking processes, but otherwise does not interfere with daily life.

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging): A medical scan that uses radio waves to construct computer images of the body or brain.

neuritic plaques: An abnormal tangle of nerve cells with an amyloid core. A characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.

neurodegenerative: Of or related to damage to the nervous system.

neurofinrillary tangles: Abnormal tangles of nerve cell filaments found in the brain's of Alzheimer's patients.

neuroleptics: Medications used to treat psychosis.

neurology: The study of the brain and nervous system, and the treatment of nervous system diseases.