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What is subcortical dementia?
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What is subcortical dementia?

Dementia is a broad term to describe related conditions causing an impairment in cognition that is significant enough to interfere with daily living and independence. Subcortical dementia is a type of dementia that starts in the region known as the subcortex, which is located under the cortex of the brain. The subcortical region comprises white...

Mapping the subcortex, the most ancient part of the brain
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Mapping the subcortex, the most ancient part of the brain

by Ye Tian, Andrew Zalesky,  University of Melbourne Brain scans acquired from 1000 people were used to map an atlas for one of the most evolutionarily ancient parts of the human brain. The most evolutionarily ancient part of our brain is the part that we know the least about. The human subcortex is located deep in...