Graphical abstract. Credit: (2024). DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae183 Researchers at Mayo Clinic have established new criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that specifically impacts the brain’s limbic system. It can often be mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease. The good news: Limbic-predominant Amnestic Neurodegenerative Syndrome, or LANS, progresses more slowly and has a better prognosis, and is now more clearly defined for doctors working to find answers for memory loss patients. Prior to the researchers developing their clinical criteria, now published in the journal Brain Communications, the hallmarks of the syndrome could be confirmed only by examining brain tissue after a person’s Read More
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