The first detectable signs of Alzheimer's disease occur as long as a quarter century before symptoms like memory loss become noticeable, according to a detailed chronology of molecular changes to the brain and spinal fluid of people who later developed the brain disease.
The research, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides a timeline of the subtle changes that begin in victims' brains and, importantly, can be detected years ahead of time by MRI exams, blood analyses, or other tests.
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