Question: My mother had a neuroquant MRI several years ago showing significant signs of atrophy and possible neurodegenerative disease or related to long term high blood pressure (now controlled) I was concerned on a recent visit as to her increased loss of short term memory, child like decisions as far as health and hygiene, excessive sleepiness, possible shuffling gait. Her doctor referred her to a neurologist who appears to be in a practice that specializes in sleep and epilespy and general neurology-saw her for one visit--did no testing, said the MRI was unreliable, said my father did not notice an appreciable decline, and that it was probably due to the blood pressure, and if neurodegenerative-cannot do anything anyway--my mother is an alcoholic also and I doubt my father mentioned that--it did note in the report that she smokes (the visit was yesterday)-I know that damage done is done, but I was hoping for more help, perhaps some measurement, some way of helping to manage her decline--she is on amenda and they forgot to tell him that--I was hoping she would see a geriatric neurologist--the one they saw is supposed to be very good. I am 700 miles away