Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Baby brain, adult disease

Newborns with a certain version of a gene are more likely to have a smaller medial temporal lobe (blue spots). This brain region is also smaller in adults with Alzheimer’s disease. People with the gene version are three times more likely to develop the disorder, which affects memory.

 Illnesses that relate to memory disorders, such as Alzheimer's, are always inked to the changing of the brain, most of the time due to age. Such illnesses are not typically gotten before late adulthood, but now, recent studies have shown, that even infant's brains can get the early signs of Alzheimer's. A new study found a brain difference linked to Alzheimer's in the temporal lobe. This part of the brain is smaller for those who have the disease, than those without the disease. Until now, researchers did not relate the size of the temporal lobe to this disease. But now, they found that the size of the temporal lobe at birth can determine whether someone will have Alzheimer's in the future. Now, it's key that small regions of the brain can be smaller at birth, and then they can foreshadow what is to come...

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