Alzheimer's disease was named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer; however, Dr. Alois Alzheimer was not the only person to contribute to the discovery of the neurological disease, Alzheimer's. According to Dennis J. Selkoe in "Amyloid Protein and Alzheimer's Disease," he states, "Even before the time of Alzheimer, pathologists knew that the human cerebral cortex sometimes contained variable numbers of spherical plaques" (252-253). So, the question is, what did Dr. Alois Alzheimer contribute to the discovery of Alzheimer's? According to The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 2014: "In 1906, Alzheimer noticed changes over time in samples of brain tissue of a woman who died of mental illness. Specifically, Alzheimer noticed the development of clumps and tangled
