A Study Reveals that the Shape of the Brain Can Anticipate Dementia

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A better understanding of the risk of dementia can improve care and treatment. A new study identifies a link between changes in brain form and the decline of cognitive functions such as memory and reasoning. The wear that eventually leads to dementia could also alter the structure and shape of the brain. ... Read more The article The shape of the brain could reveal a future risk of dementia appeared first on Fredzone.

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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. The shape of the brain, and not only its size, could become a new marker for early detection of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease, according to an international study involving the Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory of the University of California in Irvine (USA). The research, published in Nature Communications magazine, shows that aging systematically alters brain geometry.