Alzheimers disease brain

Caregivers' Guide to Alzheimer's Disease

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The biology and epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimers Disease

Dementia is caused by neurodegeneration – the damage and death of the brain’s neurons.

Alzheimer's Disease is a devestating diagnosis to entire families. Here are the 5 stages of its progression and tips for keeping patients engaged longer.

What is Alzheimer’s disease, what causes it, what are the symptoms, and how is it treated? Get answers to these questions and more in this NIA fact sheet.

Normal - Alzheimer's brain comparisons

There are several differences between the Alzheimer’s brain and a brain without Alzheimer’s, including the development of harmful plaques. Learn more.

difference in the size of normal and Alzheimer brain-Hearing loss and MRI

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), is one form of the loss of brain functions (dementia) that gradually worsens over time. It affects behaviors such as memory, thinking, and behavior. While the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease advance fairly rapidly, some studies indicate that people with Alzheimer’s Disease may see shrinkage of the mind even as soon as a […]

The formation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are thought to contribute to the degradation of the nerve cells in the brain and the subsequent symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. The medical illustration is provided courtesy of Alzheimer's Disease Research, a program of the American Health Assistance Foundation. © 2012

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For more than 25 years one idea has dominated scientific thinking about Alzheimer’s disease: the amyloid cascade hypothesis. It holds that the disorder, which afflicts about one in 10 Americans age 65 or older, is caused by a buildup in the brain of abnormal amyloid-beta protein, which eventually destroys neurons and synapses, producing the tragic symptoms of dementia. There’s plenty of evidence for this. First, the presence of sticky clumps or “plaques” containing amyloid is a classic…

Medicine Shoppe Canada on Instagram: "🧠 Alzheimer's is a fatal, degenerative disorder characterized by changes in the structure and chemistry of the brain. The appearance of protein plaques between the nerve cells in the brain tissue is modified. Symptoms of the disease advance in stages, moving from mild memory loss to a deterioration in intellectual and thinking abilities (cognitive function) to abnormal changes in personality and behaviour. ⁠ ⁠ Here are some symptoms of Alzheimer's:⁠ ⁠…