fMRI Brain Scan (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

fMRI Brain Scan

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The brain's posterior cingulate cortex (PCC)/precuneus region is a hub of neuronal networks which integrates and disperses signals. A loss of connectivity to this hub is associated with memory loss and amyloid accumulation, both signs of MCI and Alzheimer's.

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J. Carson Smith

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