Randy Buckner Quotes on Brain (4 Quotes)

The regions of the brain we tend to use in our default state when we are young are very similar to the regions where plaques form in older people with Alzheimer's disease.

We've been surprised to find out how malleable the brain is.

It may be the normal cognitive function of the brain that leads to Alzheimer's later in life. This was not a relationship we had even considered.

The default activity patterns of the brain may, over many years, augment a metabolic- or activity-dependent cascade that participates in Alzheimer's disease pathology. The regions of the brain we tend to use in our default state when we are young are very similar to the regions where plaques form in older people with Alzheimer's disease. This is quite a remarkable convergence that we did not expect.