
What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's | Lisa Genova
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How to Change Your Brain's Destiny Without a Cure
Scientists believe that the disease begins when amaloid bata begins to accumulate. Too much is released, or not enough is cleared away, and the synaps begin to pile up with amaloidbata. When this happens, it binds to itself forming sticky aggregates called amaloid placs. This presence of amaloid plaks can already be found in your brains. You're not showing any impairments in memory, language orcogn yet. But at this point you are blissfully unaware.
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