Another study https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-023-01627-6 suggests the APOE4 gene may be preventing immune cells in the brain from switching to the defensive "clean" mode.
I know my mother's hippocampus was smaller than something like 94% of people her age when she was diagnosed 11 years ago.
First signs of AD generally show up in the hippocampus.
Maybe with heavy spatial reasoning activity in that region, the AD mechanism is stunted or interfered with.
I would be curious to know what activities outside of vehicle navigation stimulate the hippocampus equally. I still play a lot of 3D video games.
Another study https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-023-01627-6 suggests the APOE4 gene may be preventing immune cells in the brain from switching to the defensive "clean" mode.
I know my mother's hippocampus was smaller than something like 94% of people her age when she was diagnosed 11 years ago.
First signs of AD generally show up in the hippocampus.
Maybe with heavy spatial reasoning activity in that region, the AD mechanism is stunted or interfered with.
I would be curious to know what activities outside of vehicle navigation stimulate the hippocampus equally. I still play a lot of 3D video games.