Scientists map the structural and chemical differences between Alzheimer's disease and late-life depression

Scientists map the structural and chemical differences between Alzheimer's disease and late-life depression

Alzheimer’s disease and late-life depression produce markedly different patterns of brain shrinkage and chemical disruption, despite sharing several early symptoms. These findings could ultimately help doctors tell the two conditions apart sooner, according to new research published in the *Journal of Affective Disorders*. Both Alzheimer’s disease and depression in older adults are extremely common, and they have long frustrated clinicians with …