The cause of Alzheimer’s disease is when both amyloidplaque and tau build up, which contain neurofibrillary tangles and resulting in the death of brain cells and the connections between them. Around the nerve cell where there are dense deposits of protein build up, is known as plaque. Tangles are twisted fibres that build up in the cell. As the disease progresses the brain cells shrink and die. (Alzinfo, 2014) Vascular dementia is when there is damage to the blood vessels in the brain from a stroke and this impairs the cognitive function. Lewy body disease is caused by protein build up in the brain cells and is known as alpha-synuclein and they form as clumps which affect only certain parts of the brain. (Alzheimer’s Australia,
The cause of Alzheimer’s disease is when both amyloidplaque and tau build up, which contain neurofibrillary tangles and resulting in the death of brain cells and the connections between them. Around the nerve cell where there are dense deposits of protein build up, is known as plaque. Tangles are twisted fibres that build up in the cell. As the disease progresses the brain cells shrink and die. (Alzinfo, 2014) Vascular dementia is when there is damage to the blood vessels in the brain from a stroke and this impairs the cognitive function. Lewy body disease is caused by protein build up in the brain cells and is known as alpha-synuclein and they form as clumps which affect only certain parts of the brain. (Alzheimer’s Australia,