Posts by Federico d'Oleire Uquillas,
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Tau Pathology Linked to Alterations in Memory Self-Appraisal in Healthy Older Adults
Overestimation of memory performance is related to greater tau deposition in the brains of cognitively unimpaired older adults, suggesting a link between alterations in metamemory processes and markers of Alzheimer's disease.
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Larger Study Confirms Loneliness as a Preclinical Symptom of Alzheimer's Disease
Researchers previously reported that in cognitively normal older adults, loneliness scores were associated with greater cortical deposition of amyloid-β. These findings have now been confirmed in a larger study that also involved imaging of tau.
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