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I’ve been diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy with symptoms of Alzheimer’s and/or Dementia. “I can no longer travel or perform in live concerts,” wrote McGovern, who has appeared in ...

Maureen McGovern shared some sad --yet hopeful -- news about her health. The 73-year-old musician revealed that she has been diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) and is showing symptoms ...

Can Posterial Cortical Atrophy indicate Alzheimer’s disease? Posterial Cortical Atrophy, sometimes called Benson’s disease, is a rare degenerative brain condition that affects the back part of ...

A team of international researchers, led by UC San Francisco, has completed the first large-scale study of posterior cortical atrophy, a baffling constellation of visuospatial symptoms that ...

At the time, PCA was obscure. It lacked consensus on clinical diagnostic criteria, biomarkers, and even prevalence data. In PCA, amyloid plaques accumulate in the brain in a pattern that mimics ...

For this study, researchers used blood stem cells from 10 toddlers ages 1 through 4 to create brain cortical organoids -- 3D models of the children's cortexes, created though laboratory cell cultures.

Having posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is challenging, that’s for sure. You might have awful brain fog for hours, days, weeks, where you can’t think clearly. You become exhausted from the visual and ...

Children with conduct disorder show widespread brain structural differences, finds new international study Jul 16, 2024 Brains of young people with severe behavioral problems are 'wired differently' ...

New research shows real differences in the brain structure of children and youths with conduct disorder, compared to those without the condition. Top News U.S. News ...