NEW YORK: An atlas of the human brain which helps identify the first changes caused by Alzheimer’s disease has been unveiled.
The digital map, created using images from MRI scans of aging brains, will help with early diagnosis of the condition and also boost treatment of other neuro-degenerative disorders such as schizophrenia.
Researchers have already used it to compare the neurons of healthy older people with those of dementia patients. It was able to pinpoint changes in brain structure that can be an underlying sign of the condition.