Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia among the elderly.
This progressive disease currently afflicts more than 5.5 million people in the United States.
Previous studies have focused on plaques and tangles to explore the cause and treatment of the disease.
Plaques, deposits of a protein fragment called beta-amyloid, look like clumps in the spaces between neurons.
Tangles, twisted fibers of tau, another protein, look like bundles of fibers that build up inside cells.
This Health & Medicine Lab video talks about how cholesterol levels in the body can affect Alzheimer’s disease risk.
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