Boys Town Publishes Groundbreaking Brain Mapping for Ages 55+
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BOYS TOWN, Neb., Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Brain atlases, tools that map various areas and centers of the brain, have been around for decades, but until now, most researchers have only used young adult subjects (ages 18 to 35) to create these brain maps. This left a gap in the research arena when it came to the study of age-related brain changes and diseases, as no baseline data existed for this older population (which represents 15 percent of the United States and continues to show significant growth year after year).