Association between path integration (PI) performance and structural brain changes (IMAGE)

Fujita Health University

Association between path integration (PI) performance and structural brain changes

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Researchers reveal that baseline virtual-reality PI performance is associated with accelerated cortical thinning in vulnerable brain regions and is tied to key blood biomarkers such as p-tau181 and glial fibrillary acidic protein levels of neurodegeneration.

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Dr. Hirohisa Watanabe from Fujita Health University, Japan

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