The Focus on Neuroscience Feature on Mapping Brain Changes in Alzheimer's

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The Focus on Neuroscience feature on mapping brain changes in Alzheimer's disease summarizes a study that discovered that the disease first attacks the thick bundle of axons called the corpus callosum, which is the main communication link between the two hemispheres.

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Definitions:

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Stress-vulnerability Model

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Biological Vulnerability

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