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Researchers Map Links Between Size Of Hippocampus And Progression To Alzheimer’s Dementia May 8, 2006

Researchers used novel 3-D mapping techiques sought to verify the theory that the hippocampus — the area of the brain that processes memory — is smaller in patients with mild cognitive impairment who develop into Alzheimer’s dementia, and that it is larger in patients with mild cognitive impairment who experience cognitive stability or improvement.

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