Distinguishing 'senior moments' from Alzheimer's

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 13:14 in Health & Medicine

With the help of volunteers aged 18 to 89, researchers have identified for the first time in humans a long-hidden part of the brain called the perforant path. Scientists have struggled for decades to locate the tiny passage, which is believed to deteriorate gradually as part of normal aging and far more quickly due to Alzheimer's disease.

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