Normal vs Alzheimer's Disease (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Normal vs Alzheimer's Disease

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Primary pathophysiology of AD. The two primary lesions associated with AD are extracellular nonvascular aggregates of Aβ (senile plaques) and intraneuronal protein inclusions secondary to aggregation of misfolded and abnormally phosphorylated protein τ (neurofibrillary tangles).

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Radiological Society of North America

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