Indications of Alzheimer--™s Disease May Be Evident Decades Before First Signs of Cognitive Impairment

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Indications of Alzheimer--™s Disease May Be Evident Decades Before First Signs of Cognitive Impairment

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Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine 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. The study is published online in the journal Translation

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