Alzheimer's Disease Atrophy Factors (IMAGE)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Alzheimer's Disease Atrophy Factors

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Mathematical modeling of brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease and others at risk for the disorder has allowed the identification of three atrophy factor patterns, based on the loss of gray matter throughout major areas of the brain, which may help explain the variations in symptoms occurring in individual patients.

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Xiuming Zhang, National University of Singapore

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