Some say the eyes are the windows to the soul, but new findings from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute suggest they may offer insight into the mind as well. Their new proof-of-principle study shows how an imaging technique that measures blood flow in the back of the eye may offer a noninvasive way to detect early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
Results of the small study are published as the cover article in the March 4, 2021, issue of the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.
“We set out to investigate the idea that changes in the retinal capillaries at the back of the eye…
