Summarized by Masters of Longevity from Fight Aging!.
Reports that MRI-based functional connectivity alterations in Alzheimer's disease follow a different brain communication axis than changes seen in normal aging, based on two large cohorts and hierarchical network analysis.
Key Takeaways
- Researchers here demonstrate that changes in functional connectivity observed in Alzheimer's disease patients differ from age-related changes observed in individuals without dementia.
- As is the case for many measures of aging, there is some debate within the scientific community with regard to whether any specific change is dysfunction or an adaptive, compensatory reaction to dysfunction.
- This will likely remain the case until effective rejuvenation therapies or effective treatments for specific neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's exist, can be used in sizable patient populations, and the results measured.
