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Hippocampus underlies the link between slowed walking and mental decline

June 29, 2017 by

The connection between slowed walking speed and declining mental acuity appears to arise in the right hippocampus, a finger-shaped region buried deep in the brain at ear-level, according to a 14-year study.

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