Cognitive and brain reserve buffers cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease, suggesting new resilience strategies.
These results support the hypothesis that higher cognitive and brain reserve may help buffer the cognitive consequences of AD pathology. Strategies to increase both cognitive and brain reserve could help to boost resilience against emerging AD pathology; however, longitudinal studies are needed to confirm these conclusions.
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