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British scientists confirmed that the human brain has a weak point for Alzheimer''s disease and schizophrenia, and scientists were able to identify this area through magnetic surveys. This area of the brain enters a developmental stage in late adolescence and is damaged early during old age. Until this point, doctors have trouble predicting which people might develop it and under what circumstances.
The results, published in the journal BNAS, indicated a possible way to diagnose those who may be exposed to the risk of infection early.
The experts pointed out, according to the BBC that there is a need for more research in how to apply these exciting discoveries in clinics and hospitals. A team affiliated with the Medical Research Council, which conducted the study, conducted magnetic resonance brain scans of about 484 healthy volunteers, aged between eight and 85 years.
They looked at the changes that naturally occur in the brain during different life stages.
The images revealed a common pattern, that parts of the brain affected by the last stages of development were the first to show signs of regression associated with aging.
These areas of the brain, which are a network of neurons or gray matter, coordinate "high-importance" information coming from different senses such as sight and sound. When researchers examined images of the brains of people with Alzheimer''s disease and schizophrenia, they found that the same areas of the brain were affected.
These results are consistent with what experts have previously found, which is that there is a link between Alzheimer''s and schizophrenia.
