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Montreal Cognitive Assessment

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a brief 10-minute cognitive screening test designed to detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in older adults. Developed by Nasreddine and colleagues in 2005 at McGill University, MoCA is more sensitive to cognitive impairment than the Mini-Cog or MMSE, particularly for detecting early Alzheimer's disease and non-Alzheimer dementias, making it widely used in primary care, neurology, and geriatric medicine.

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Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale
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  • Nasreddine, Z. S., Phillips, N. A., Bédirian, V., Charbonneau, S., Whitehead, V., Collin, I., ... & Chertkow, H. (2005). The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: a brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53(4), 695–699. · DOI 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53221.x
  • Vlachos, G. S., & Scarmeas, N. (2019). Objectives, design and main findings of the REMEDIO project: a longitudinal study on the role of Mediterranean diet on cognitive decline. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 70(Suppl 1), S5–S22. · URL
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