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Dementia definition

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set of symptoms that includes poor memory and difficulty learning

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Cause of dementia

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Damage to brain cells

caused by diseases such as alzheimers

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Alzheimers definition

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A neurodegenerative disease. AKA the degeneration or loss of neurons in the brain, especially in the cortex of the brain

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Cause of alzheimers

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Plaques and Tangles in the brain

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Alzheimers patho

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Build up of beta amyloid beta in the brain that is non soluble and is chemically sticky. These monomers bind together just outside neurons and disrupts signaling and also results in the release of inflammatory markers

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Associated sequale with alzheimers

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Amyloid amglopathy. Brain hemorrhage because beta amyloid plaques congregate outside blood vessels.