with a clinical dementia rating of (CDR) > = 0.5 in at least one domain (Hughes et al., 1982) and a global score of <= 0.5 in the three functional CDR domains (Salloway et al., 2004); and (3) a MOCA ...

The Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) and mini-mental state examination ... cerebral infarction, n=27; severe brain injury, n=3); and individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (n=0), Parkinson’s ...

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