A new study has uncovered why some people who have brain markers of Alzheimer’s never develop dementia.
Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, affects more than 5 million Americans. People suffering from Alzheimer’s develop a buildup of two proteins that impair communications between nerve cells in the brain — plaques made of amyloid beta proteins and neurofibrillary tangles made of tau proteins.
However, not all people with those signs of Alzheimer’s show any...
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/08/18/why-some-who-have-alzheimers-brain-markers-dont-have-dementia/137952.html
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