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Caption: Entorhinal cortex (red) was thinnest in youth with Alzheimer's-related ApoE4 gene variant. View of left entorhinal cortex from beneath the brain, with front of brain at top. Artist's rendering.
Credit: Philip Shaw, M.D., NIMH Child Psychiatry Branch
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