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Rate of Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy Predicts Future Cognitive Decline

Nov. 25, 2003 — The rate of medial temporal lobe (MTL) atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is associated with cognitive decline, according to the results of a six-year longitudinal study ...
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Structural brain changes identified up to fifteen years before Alzheimer’s symptoms in people with Down syndrome

A study led by the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has succeeded in describing, for the first time in detail, the structural evolution of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) regions across the ...
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Sleep-disordered breathing in cognitively unimpaired amyloid-positive individuals may exacerbate neurodegeneration in medial temporal lobe subregions

Although sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been associated with amyloid deposition and an increase in the risk of dementia, the mechanism behind this occurrence has remained unclear. Study: ...
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MRI Key to Diagnosing CTE in Living Patients?

A distinct pattern of frontal-temporal atrophy discernible on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may flag chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in living patients, new research suggests. "These new ...
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ISU study suggests 'use it or lose it' to defend against memory loss

AMES, Iowa - Iowa State University researchers have identified a protein essential for building memories that appears to predict the progression of memory loss and brain atrophy in Alzheimer's ...