Alzheimer's Disease Causes
― Alzheimer's Disease ∙ Causes ∙ Although pathologists have recognized changes in brain cell anatomy characteristic of AD, the cause of this disease remains unknown. The pathologic changes in the brains of AD patients are distinctive of the illness,8 including neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques; analysis of these lesions is central to current research. Many hypotheses about the cause of the disease have been tested. For example, the hypothesis of decreased [...].
