Age-related brain atrophy, the gradual loss of neurons and shrinkage of brain tissue, is a natural part of aging, which can ...

They used MRI data from 86 patients with mild Parkinson's disease and 60 healthy control participants to generate the connectome, a structural/functional map of the brain's neural connections.

and accumulation of beta-amyloid and tau markers have all been found to be associated with accelerated brain atrophy and cognitive impairment. CROSS-SECTIONAL T1-weighted MRI of a healthy human brain.