PET finds increased cognitive reserve levels in highly educated pre-Alzheimer's patients
Monday, June 3, 2013 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
Highly educated individuals with mild cognitive impairment that later progressed to Alzheimer's disease cope better with the disease than individuals with a lower level of education in the same situation, according to a new study. In the study, neural reserve and neural compensation were both shown to play a role in determining cognitive reserve, as evidenced by positron emission tomography.