Alzheimer's Disease
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is a progressive and irreversible brain disease that
destroys mental and physical functioning in human beings, and invariably leads
to death. It is the fourth leading cause of adult death in the United States.
Alzheimer's creates emotional and financial catastrophe for many American
families eve ....
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.... victims. Neurofibrillary Tangles are also found in the brains of
Alzheimer's victims. They are found within the cell bodies of nerve cells in
the cerebral cortex, and take on the structure of a paired helix. Other
diseases that have "paired helixes" include Parkinson's disease, Down's
Syndrome, and Dementia Pugilistica. Scientists are not sure how the paired
helixes are related in these very different diseases. Neuritic Plaques are
patches of clumped material lying outside th ....
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