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Midlife Vitamin D Levels and Future Brain Tau Accumulation
This research study examines the relationship between vitamin D levels during early middle age and the presence of brain markers linked to dementia years later. By analyzing a group of dementia-free participants from the Framingham Heart Study over approximately sixteen years, researchers discovered that higher serum vitamin D was significantly associated with lower tau protein buildup in the brain. Interestingly, this protective correlation was specific to tau deposition and did not appear to influence amyloid-PET burden, another common indicator of Alzheimer's disease. These findings…
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