Brain size may predict risk for early Alzheimer's disease

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

New research suggests that, in people who don't currently have memory problems, those with smaller regions of the brain's cortex may be more likely to develop symptoms consistent with very early Alzheimer's disease. The study is published in the December 21, 2011, online issue of Neurology.

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