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Note: The above papers determined that capillary
density and glucose transport proteins are higher in
the inferior colliculus. The following papers by
Hovda et al (1992) and Gonzalez-Lima et al (1997)
report higher cytochrome oxidase activity in the
inferior colliculus. Cytochrome oxidase activity is
diminished in brains of people who developed
Alzheimer's dementia.
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