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| Targets the hippocampus and the amygdala in the cerebral cortex. This is the frontal lobe that controls thought, memory, and language. Characterized as neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques. AD is a result of the change in amyloid plaques found withing the plaque or a result of the accumaltion of tau proteins in the neurofibrillary tangles Causes granulovasuclar degeneration, atrophy or brain shrinkage, and neuron/brain cell death AD is also a result of the decrease in acetylcholine AD rarely is a result of genetics. However, if it is passed on by genes, there is an inflammatory activation of the genes. |
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| This is an image of neurofibrillary tangles. See picture 8 in the bibliography for the source of this image. | ||||||||||||||||
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| This image shows what part of the brain AD targets.See picture 9 in the bibliography for the source of this image. | ||||||||||||||||
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| This image shows the amyloid beta. See picture 7 in the bibliography for the source of this image. | ||||||||||||||||