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Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Disease Articles

Alzheimer's Disease Videos

Cognitive Test for Alzheimer's (4 min 40 sec)
How Alzheimer's Affects Neurons In The Brain (1 min 48 sec)
Alzheimer's Disease The Nun Study (4 min 5 sec)
Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease (2 min 31 sec)

Alzheimer's Disease: Words to Know

Dementia: Impaired intellectual function that interferes with normal social and work activities.
Donepezil hydrochloride (Aricept): A drug approved for use with AD patients that increases brain activity.
Ginkgo: An herb obtained from the ginkgo tree, thought by some alternative practitioners to be helpful in treating AD patients.
Neurofibrillary tangle: Twisted masses that develop inside brain cells of people with AD.
Senile plaque: Deposits that collect inside the brain cells of people with AD.
Tacrine (Cognex): A drug that may help improve memory in people with mild to moderate cases of Alzheimer's disease.

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