Great discovery related to Alzheimer's
The idea that plaques, hardened pieces of a protein, are the cause of Alzheimer's disease was claimed 100 years ago by psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer. At the time, he had a 50-year-old woman in his practice who was suffering from memory loss, hallucinations and confusion. These issues grew over time. After the woman's death, Alzheimer's studied her brain and discovered plaques there. This is how the idea was born that these hardened pieces of protein were the cause of this unsettling condition.
But this idea is under considerable pressure these days. This is because it has been found with our current advanced equipment that, as we age, a lot of people show plaques in their brains and yet do not get Alzheimer's.
In addition, in recent years, there have been several clinical studies trying to reduce these amyloid plaques in the human brain.
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