A national team of researchers led by investigators at the
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have
developed a multidimensional set of brain measurements that,
when taken together, can accurately assess a child’s age with 92
percent accuracy. “We have uncovered a ‘developmental clock’
within the brain — a biological signature of maturation [...]
Tag Archives | Brain The greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s
disease (AD) is advancing age. By age 85, the likelihood of
developing the dreaded neurological disorder is roughly 50
percent. But researchers at the University of California, San
Diego School of Medicine say AD hits hardest among the “younger
elderly” – people in their 60s and 70s – who show faster rates
of brain tissue loss and cognitive decline than AD patients 80
years and older. The phenomenon of highly superior
autobiographical memory – first documented in 2006 by UCI
neurobiologist James McGaugh and colleagues in a woman
identified as “AJ” – has been profiled on CBS’s “60 Minutes