Alzheimer’s “World First” Discovery: Blood Oxygen Levels Could Explain Why Memory Loss Is an Early Symptom – SciTechDaily

• The findings demonstrate how the brain’s memory center operates at a ‘watershed’ making it especially vulnerable to damage
• Study suggests increasing blood flow in the hippocampus might be really effective at preventing damage and memory loss
• Findings underline importance of exercise and a low-cholesterol diet in long-term brain health, by boosting blood vessel health and brain blood flow

In a world first, scientists from the University of Sussex have recorded blood oxygen levels in the hippocampus…

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