Beta Amyloid Plaque (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Beta Amyloid Plaque

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Top: This is beta amyloid plaque as it appears in normally aging Alzheimer's mice. Bottom: This is tighter packed plaques in long-lived Alzheimer's mice protect against the disease.

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Image: Courtesy of Dr. Ehud Cohen, Hebrew University–Hadassah Medical School

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