Name: Race, Gender and Alzheimer’s
Uploaded: 2010-11-17T01:04:50-05:00
Duration: 2 min 55 s
Description: Are women and African-Americans at a higher risk for Alzheimer’s—as some data suggests—or are there other factors in play?

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Juan Troncoso

Dr. Juan Troncoso is director of the Brain Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Troncoso’s research focuses on the neuropathology of normal aging and the pathology,[…]

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