Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Cognitive decline identified early through brain circuitry

Cognitive decline identified early through brain circuitry
Neurology News & Neuroscience News from Medical News Today

Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have found that a small "wishbone-shaped structure" in the brain can provide early clues about potential cognitive decline before symptoms of memory loss or dementia present themselves. The fornix is a bundle of fibers - also known as axons - in the brain that carries messages to and from the hippocampus, also playing a part in memory...

Original Article: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/265874.php

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