The brain combats dementia by shifting resources

(Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care) The brain continues to put up a fight even as neurodegenerative diseases like dementia damage certain areas and functions. In fact, recent findings in a Baycrest-University of Arizona study suggest that one method the brain uses to counter these diseases is the reassigning of tasks to different regions.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news