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 every ....
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.... 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 the
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