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The Inflammation Theory of Disease

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The Neuroinflammation Theory of Alzheimer's

The neuroinflammation theory of Alzheimer's is that those amyloid plaques and tau tangles, as they build up in the brain, those microglias start to attack them. But because the brain is constantly after a certain age or whatever, producing these tangles and plaques, the microglia are constantly attacking them. So you now have chronic inflammation in your brain, which is another explanation of neuro inflammation for Alzheimer's.

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