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Distinct patterns of brain activity in young carriers of the APOE-epsilon4 allele.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Apr 2009
Filippini Nicola, MacIntosh Bradley J, Hough Morgan G, Goodwin Guy M, Frisoni Giovanni B, Smith Stephen M, Matthews Paul M, Beckmann Christian F, Mackay Clare E
Abstract excerpt
The APOE epsilon4 allele is a risk factor for late-life pathological changes that is also associated with anatomical and functional brain changes in middle-aged and elderly healthy subjects. We investigated structural and functional effects of the APOE polymorphism in 18 young healthy APOE epsilon4-carriers and 18 matched noncarriers (age range: 20-35 years). Brain activity was studied both at rest and during an...
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