Alzheimer's gene associated with failure to adapt to cognitive challenge in healthy adults

Tuesday, June 27, 2017 - 11:52 in Health & Medicine

Healthy adults carrying the gene APOE4 -- the strongest known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) -- may struggle to adapt their brain activity to increasing cognitive demands as they get older, according to a study.

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