Functional Imbalance of Two Brain Networks Might Predict Alzheimer’s Disease

A neuroimaging study of individuals spanning the Alzheimer’s disease spectrum found that the attenuated anticorrelation (reduced negative association) between the activity of the default mode network and the dorsal attention network of the brain predicted cognitive decline. The association between this anticorrelation and cognitive decline did not depend on education level, a known protective factor against cognitive decline. The research was published in NeuroImage.