Photo from Aged Chimpanzee Brain (IMAGE)

Kent State University

Photo from Aged Chimpanzee Brain

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Kent State University researchers analyzed the brains of aged chimpanzees to show pathology similar to the human Alzheimer's disease brain. This image shows tau-positive neuron (black) in proximity to amyloid deposits within blood vessels (red) in an aged chimpanzee brain.

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