Alzheimer's-like brain changes found in cognitively normal elders with amyloid plaques
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
Researchers using two brain-imaging technologies have found that apparently normal older individuals with brain deposits of amyloid beta -- the primary constituent of the plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients -- also had changes in brain structure similar to those seen in Alzheimer's patients. Results of the study may someday lead to identification of candidates for preventive therapies.