Predicting Alzheimer's: Thinning of key cortical areas predicts dementia up to a decade in advance

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Subtle differences in brain anatomy among older individuals with normal cognitive skills may be able to predict both the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in the following decade and how quickly symptoms of dementia would develop.

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