Clues to Alzheimer's Found in Babies' Brains

People who are genetically predisposed to Alzheimer's disease may have differences in their brains that can be detected as early as infancy, a new study suggests.

Researchers scanned the brains of 162 healthy babies, including 60 who had inherited a gene called APOE-e4, which increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's after age 65.

Compared with babies without the APOE-e4 gene, babies with APOE-e4 had less brain growth in several areas in the middle and back of the brain, the same regions that tend to be affected in older people with Alzheimer's. Babies with APOE-e4 also tended to have more brain growth in areas in the front part of the brain Read more...