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Alzheimer's Disease - Term Papers

Alzheimer's Disease

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 year. Fortunately, a large amount of
progress is being made to combat Alzheimer's disease every year.

To fully be able to comprehend and combat Alzheimer's disease, one
must know what it does to the brain, the part of the human body it most
greatly affects. Many Alzheimer's disease sufferers had their brains
examined. A large number of differences were present when comparing the
normal ...

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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
bodies of nerve cells in the brain. They are mainly found in the cerebral
cortex, but have also been seen in other areas of the brain. At the core of
each of these plaques is a substance called amyloid, an abnormal protein
not usually found in the brain. This amyloid core is surrounded by cast off
fragments of dead or dying nerve cells. The cell fragments include dying
mitochondria, presynaptic terminals, and paired helical filaments identical
to those that are neurofibrillary tangles. Many neuropathologists think
that these plaques are basically clusters of degenerating nerve cells. But
they are still not sure of how and why these fragments clustered together.

Congophilic Angiopathy is the ...

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Added: 8/11/2008 02:45:07 PM
Category: Health & Medicine
Type: Free Paper
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