Slowing gait could be early signs of cognitive decline linked to shrinking hippocampus

Slowing gait could be early signs of cognitive decline linked to shrinking hippocampus:

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The connection between slowed walking speed and declining mental acuity appears to arise in the right hippocampus, a finger-shaped region buried deep in the brain at ear-level, according to a 14-year study conducted by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

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