Alzheimer's Degenerative Diseases

Alzheimer’s dementia is a prototypical neurodegenerative disease characterized by a series of abnormalities in the brain that selectively affect neurons in specific regions. There is a progressive decrease in neuronal activity and neuronal survival. Historically, researchers have used Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology to scan patients with Alzheimer’s disease and the normal elderly. Using supercomputers, color-coded maps were created that revealed the degenerative sequence of Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer's seems to be a degenerative disease that affects everyone no matter the ethnic group one associates themselves with. Alzheimer's is a form of dementia, which is the general medical term for memory loss and the diminishing of intellectual abilities that eventually affects one's daily life. An ethnic group that is experiencing a growing rate of Alzheimer's is Japanese Americans. Several longitudinal studies of Japanese Americans have found rates of Alzheimer's Disease comparable to those

Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s is a terminal neural degenerative disease that causes multiple malfunctions that relate to the brain such as memory loss, personality changes, thinking impairment, sensory impairment, and loss of bodily function and control. It is not known what causes the disease but a couple of characteristics include a build up of hardened amyloid plaques between nerve cells causing them to become less efficient and eventually unable to communicate between each other (https://www.nia

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There have been many studies recently on CTE on NFL and NHL; the majority of the studies are NFL players. CTE is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain, and its found in people with a history of repetitive brain trauma and in the early 1900’s was called punch drunk syndrome, the reason it was it called that was from boxers getting repeated hits to the head According to Boston University. This later caused them to have weakness in lower limbs, unsteadiness of gait, slowness of muscular movement

Alzheimer’s, the most relevant cause of Dementia, is a disease that affects as many as 4.5 million Americans per year (WebMD 2005-2014). Alzheimer’s is a disease that is an irremediable, continuous brain neuron degenerative disease that can be asymptomatic at first and then overtime becomes symptomatic. Alzheimer’s is a gradual disease that advances in three phases: mild, then moderate, and, finally, severe (1). Symptoms appear after the age of 60 and include: the slow destruction of memory and thought

Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain that ultimately results in dementia, which is known as mental detoriation. Alzheimer's Disease is irreversible; it destroys memory and other important mental functions. (Smith, 2015) By knowing whom Alzheimer’s disease mostly affects makes it easier to target the disease by knowing which group it mainly targets and what we can do to help that specific group with different types of treatments. Alzheimer's Disease primarily affects

Truly, there are many different kinds of dementias, and some may even lead to other types of similar diseases (Thomasson, 2014). Some major types of dementias are early onset dementia (EOD), non-alzheimer degenerative dementias, vascular dementias, and, Infectious dementias. In 2014, the European Journal of Neurology held a study looking deep into the prevalence of early onset dementia because the disorder

Abstract This analysis of degenerative diseases covers four main diseases in today’s world, including: Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease and Dementia. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative form of dementia that attacks neurons causing the total or partial loss of memory, thinking abilities, language skills, and basic behaviors. Parkinson’s is a progressive disease that targets the central nervous system. Generally the disease will cause tremors, loss of coordination, paralysis