BLACKSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — Researchers at Virginia Tech are looking into how two areas in the brain affects memory, special navigation and potentially Alzheimer’s disease.
The two parts of the brain that scientists and researchers are investigating in their Alzheimer’s research are the entorhinal cortex region and the mitochondria.
According to a release from Virginia Tech, one of the first parts of the brain that is impacted by Alzheimer’s disease is the entorhinal cortex region, due to its significant role in memory, special navigation and the brain’s internal mapping system…