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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2024

Behavioral Disorders of Spatial Cognition in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer's Disease: Preliminary Findings from the BDSC-MCI Project.

Davide Maria Cammisuli, Valeria Isella, Federico Verde, Vincenzo Silani, Nicola Ticozzi, Simone Pomati, Virginia Bellocchio, Valentina Granese, Benedetta Vignati, Gloria Marchesi and 3 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Davide Maria CammisuliDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University, 20123 Milan, Italy.
Valeria IsellaDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.
Federico VerdeDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, 20149 Milan, Italy.
Vincenzo SilaniDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, 20149 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7698-3854
Nicola TicozziDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, 20149 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5963-7426
Simone PomatiNeurology Unit, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, 20157 Milan, Italy.
Virginia BellocchioCatholic University, 20123 Milan, Italy.
Valentina GraneseCatholic University, 20123 Milan, Italy.
Benedetta VignatiCatholic University, 20123 Milan, Italy.
Gloria MarchesiCatholic University, 20123 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0009-0004-4502-3705
Lorenzo Augusto PreteSchool of Specialization in Clinical Psychology, Catholic University, 20123 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0646-3861
Giada PavanelloSchool of Specialization in Clinical Psychology, Catholic University, 20123 Milan, Italy.
Gianluca CastelnuovoDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University, 20123 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2633-9822
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITUniversity of Milan · ITLuigi Sacco Hospital · ITUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana Ricerca Alzheimer Onlus AirAlzh-AGYR.2022Fondazione Cariplo Senior Project
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Spatial cognition (SC) is one of the earliest cognitive domains to be impaired in the course of Alzheimer's disease (AD), resulting in spatial disorientation and becoming lost even in familiar surroundings as later dementia symptoms. To date, few studies have identified initial alterations of spatial navigation (SN) in the premorbid AD phase by real-world paradigms, and none have adopted an innovative technological apparatus to better detect gait alterations as well as physiological aspects correlated to spatial disorientation (SD). The present study aimed at exploring initial SN defects in patients with prodromal AD via a naturalistic task by using a sensory garment. (2) Methods: 20 community-dwelling patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) due to AD and 20 age/education controls were assessed on their sequential egocentric and allocentric navigation abilities by using a modified version of the Detour Navigation Test (DNT-mv). (3) Results: When compared to controls, patients with MCI due to AD exhibited higher wrong turns (WT) and moments of hesitation (MsH) in the DNT-mv, reflecting difficulties both in sequential egocentric and allocentric navigation, depending on hippocampal deterioration. Moreover, they reported more complaints about their SN competencies and lower long-term visuospatial memory abilities than controls. Remarkably, WTs and MsH manifested in the allocentric naturalistic task of the DNT-mv were associated with autonomic nervous system alteration pertaining to cardiac functioning in the whole sample. (4) Conclusions: Naturalistic navigation tests of hippocampal function using a continuous non-invasive monitoring device can provide early markers of spatial disorientation in patients with MCI due to AD. Future studies should develop cognitive remediation techniques able to enhance SC residual abilities in patients at high risk of conversion into dementia and ecological paradigms to be replicated on a large scale.

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Alzheimer’s diseasehippocampusmild cognitive impairmentspatial disorientationwearable technology

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