Brains don’t all act their age

Mapping healthy brain function and structure at each age can help us understand deviations

An elderly man in a blue collared shirt and bowtie leans over the edge of a table to blow out dozens of candles on a birthday cake. Elderly, healthy adults might benefit from brain mapping to detect early signs of depression and Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, depression and anxiety are just some of the conditions that researchers are learning can accelerate certain age-related changes in the brain.

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