Alzheimer's Disease is very mentally debilitating disease. It was discover in 1906, by Alois Alzheimer, a German Physician. He had a patient that was in her fifties and who seemed to be suffering from a mental illness. When she died in 1906, the autopsy revealed dense deposits, which are now called neurotic plaques. They were outside and around the nerve cells in her brain. In the cells were neurofibrillay tangles or twisted strands of fiber. Since, Dr. Alois Alzheimer discovered the disease Ad was named after him. AD being the abbreviation that stands for Alzheimer's disease.

Amyloid has been link to AD as a causative agent. Amyloid us a protein deposit associated with tissue degeneration. It has been found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

A large amount has been learned about AD since the early part of this century. Especially concerning the nature of the plaques and tangles along with the regions in the brain that become affected as the disease......

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Title: Alzheimers
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