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Columbia researchers identify brain network that may help prevent or slow Alzheimer's

Columbia University Medical Center researchers, led by principal investigator Yaakov Stern, Ph.D., a professor at the Taub Institute for the Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, have identified a brain network within the frontal lobe that is associated with cognitive reserve, the process that allows individuals to maintain function despite brain function decline due to aging or Alzheimer's disease.

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