Head injuries may prematurely age the brain
Serious head injuries may lead to the brain prematurely aging, new research shows. Scientists studied brain scans of people who suffered traumatic brain injuries from traffic accidents, falls or assaults and who experienced persistent neurological problems, and compared the scans to those of healthy people. Over the past 30 years, research has linked moderate and severe traumatic brain injury to a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. The computer model the researchers developed for this study to estimate “brain age” has potential as a future screening tool, but more research is needed to confirm these results.
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