Some can combat dementia by enlisting still-healthy parts of the brain

(University of Arizona) People with primary progressive aphasia, a rare dementia that initially attacks the language center of the brain, recruit other areas of the brain to decipher sentences. People who have had strokes or injuries to the brain have been shown to enlist intact brain regions to accomplish tasks. The new study is one of the first to show that people with a neurodegenerative disease can call upon intact areas of the brain for help.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news