Cognitive resilience in Alzheimer's disease: from large-scale brain networks to synapses
Danilo Negro1, Patricio Opazo1
1UK Dementia Research Institute, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK.
Abstract:
This scientific commentary refers to 'Alteration of functional connectivity network in population of objectively-defined subtle cognitive decline' by Zhang et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae033) and 'Posterior cingulate cortex reveals an expression profile of resilience in cognitively intact elders' by Kelley et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcac162) in Brain Communications and 'Determinants of cognitive and brain resilience to tau pathology: a longitudinal analysis' by Bocancea et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awad100) in Brain.
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