Alzheimer's Disease Outline

Alzheimers Disease
Anne Harrison

Description
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Alzheimer 's disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder that affects the brain 's nerve cells, or neurons, ending up in loss of memory, thinking and language skills, and behavioral changes.

Cause
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Plaques: clumps of a protein that damage and destroy brain cells. ●

Tangles: Strands that ruin cell transport made of proteins.

Most Affected
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Age: 65-80 is the usual age
Sex: More women are affected than men (Alzheimer.org)
Race and profession are not determinants of the disease.

History
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Alois Alzheimer first founded the disease in 1906
Founded with a confused patient that had memory loss and had shrinkage of the brain, and abnormal substances around the nerve cells.
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