Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Alzheimer’s risk gene may begin to affect brains as early as childhood

People who carry a high-risk gene for Alzheimer’s disease show changes in their brains beginning in childhood, decades before the illness appears, new research from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) suggests.

The gene, called SORL1, is one of a number of genes linked to an…

Alzheimer’s risk gene may begin to affect brains as early as childhood




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