Spatial pattern of pathological changes in the brain can help identify dementia vulnerability early

Findings from a novel study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, suggest that using a specialized diffusion weighted MRI scan to monitor the spatial pattern of individual cortical microstructural change in the brain may be a promising approach to characterize individuals who may be vulnerable to developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) prior to significant cognitive decline and irreversible neuronal damage.

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