The olfactory system, which regulates sense of smell, and the part of the brain associated with memory and learning can get irritated and disrupted by viruses, thus hastening the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. A recent study from scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus suggests that viruses may cause inflammation and damage to […]
Black adult brain aging displays an accelerated pattern beginning in midlife, says a study
Black individuals showed an accelerated pattern of brain aging beginning in midlife, a cross-sectional analysis of two community-based cohorts showed. According to Adam Brickman, Ph.D., of Columbia University in New York City, and colleagues, the association between age and cortical thickness and white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume was more significant in late life than midlife […]
