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Ashleigh Barrett-Young, Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology, University of Otago

A window to the brain: the retina gives away signs of Alzheimer's disease and could help with early detection

The retina has long been poeticised as the window to the soul, but research now shows it could be a window to the brain and act as an early warning system for cognitive decline.

A growing body of research suggests the retina is thinner in people with Alzheimer’s disease, reflecting the cell loss that is a hallmark of the neurodegenerative disease.

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