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Article: Brain imaging study suggests some age-related memory loss may be reversible.(Brief Article)
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- Pain & Central Nervous System Week
- Article date:
- March 25, 2002
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1902 MAR 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The gradual loss of cognitive functions, especially memory skills, is often a consequence of human aging. Now, research from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Washington University in St. Louis has used sophisticated brain imaging techniques to pinpoint cognitive mechanisms behind age-related memory difficulties and to confirm that some factors associated with these difficulties can be reversed with the proper support.
"Our study shows that older adults have plenty of underutilized cognitive resources in the left frontal cortex that can be harnessed and used for more efficient memory processing," said Randy L. ...