Dementia Proteins Flashcards
1
Q
Alzheimers
A
Extracellular amyloid plaques Intracellular tau (neurofibrillary tangles)
2
Q
Frontotemporal dementia (Pick’s disease)
A
Tau protein (pick body)
3
Q
Vascular dementia
A
May have co-existent amyloid pathology
4
Q
Lewy body dementia
A
Alpha-synuclein
5
Q
Huntingtons disease
A
Huntingtin
6
Q
CJD
A
Prion
