Nikolaos Scarmeas
Nikolaos Scarmeas
behind brain cells cognitive cope education efficient higher larger maybe number people previous research reserve systems theory
The theory behind previous research is that people with higher education have a higher brain or cognitive reserve, maybe a larger number of brain cells or more efficient brain systems or networks. These people with higher education have more redundancy or reserve so they can cope if part of the brain is destroyed.
brain changes clinical compensate delayed downhill point reach sort
They go downhill faster. We think it's because they have delayed the onset so long that a lot of the brain changes have accumulated and when they reach the point of clinical manifestation, they can't compensate any more and they sort of crash.
decline disease education higher patients
We find that after the onset of manifestations of Alzheimer's disease patients with higher education decline faster.