Hippocampal Volume Shrinkage Can Predict Eventual Memory Loss (IMAGE)

National Centre for Biological Sciences

Hippocampal Volume Shrinkage Can Predict Eventual Memory Loss

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Brain scans early in stress show hippocampal volume shrinkage, a physical change in the brain which can predict eventual memory loss.

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