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Indications of Alzheimer’s disease may be evident decades before first signs of cognitive impairment
March 28, 2011 by NewsBot
Researchers have found that patients with Alzheimer's disease have lower glucose utilization in the brain than those with normal cognitive function, and that those decreased levels may be detectable approximately 20 years prior to the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. This new finding could lead to the development of novel therapies to prevent the eventual onset of Alzheimer's.
