Alzheimer's disease Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Alzheimer's disease.

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  • 8 Encyclopedia Articles
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Encyclopedia Articles (8)

2,121 words, approx. 8 pages
Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a diagnosis applied to a group of degenerative brain disorders with similar clinical and pathological characteristics. It is the most comm... Read more
6,221 words, approx. 21 pages
Do Current Claims for an Alzheimer's Vaccine Properly Take Into Account the Many Defects That the Disease Causes in the Brain? Viewpoint: Yes, current claims for an Alzheimer's vaccine p... Read more
2,726 words, approx. 10 pages
Alzheimer's Disease Definition Alzheimer's (pronounced ALTS-hih-merz) disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia (pronounced dih-MEN-sha). Dementia is a disease of the nervous syst... Read more
1,529 words, approx. 6 pages
Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disease that produces mental deterioration. Its symptoms, which include increasingly poor memory, personality changes, and loss of concen... Read more
1,651 words, approx. 6 pages
Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disease that produces mental deterioration. Its symptoms, which include increasingly poor memory, personality changes, and loss of concen... Read more
2,897 words, approx. 10 pages
Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease (AD), named after the German physician Alois Alzheimer, is the most common form of dementia (the loss of mental function) among people age 65 and older. Alzheim... Read more
2,327 words, approx. 8 pages
Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disease that produces devastating mental deterioration. Its symptoms, which include increasingly poor memory, personality changes, and lo... Read more
9,230 words, approx. 31 pages
Human Disease and the Genetically Engineered Animal Models Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a great challenge for science and medicine because of its prevalence, cost, lack of reliable treat... Read more