Amyloid

gene for the protein on chromosome 21, which is the same for Down Syndrome. APP is clipped outside of the surface of the cell, and sheds. In Alzheimer’s disease, APP clips above and below the cell surface and the result is a fragment called beta amyloid, which starts the destruction of the brain. 3.) Family members and caretakers have to deal with the emotional toll that Alzheimer’s disease causes. Family members and caretakers have to deal with a lot of stress when it comes to Alzheimer’s.…

Health Benefits of Coconut Milk Coconut milk has recently gained a lot of popularity. Vegans from different parts of the world are in love with coconut milk and have made it a major ingredient of their diet. It is a tasty alternative to cow's and buffalo's milk and it provides an array of health benefits to human health. Let us learn what exactly is coconut milk and how it is obtained: Coconut milk is a thick, creamy and rich white-colored liquid obtained from the white flesh of mature coconuts…

Recent research on the effects of sleep deprivation on the adolescent mind caused by early school start times, and the body’s circadian clock, suggest later school start times would benefit high school students. Adolescents need at least 9 hours of sleep each night to be able to function in the morning. However, Larry Gable and Kate Kinsella (2013), a professor and neuroscientist at San Francisco State University, and the authors of “Adolescent Sleep Research- Findings for Secondary Schools,”…

Memories are cherished and treasured. Whether it is good or bad, those happy and sad memories are engraved in us and cannot be taken away from us. But what if as we aged, those treasured memories are fading and soon to be losing? Currently, it appears almost every individual has experienced, or has a loved one who are being taken away of a very serious and often can be a fatal disease known as Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer Disease (AD) is one of the most common genetic disorders marked by…

inhibits the brain cells to keep their homeostasis and get their essential materials that are suppose to be transported by the protein to keep them alive. Another factor in that contributes to the brain cells to die are clumps of the protein, beta-amyloid, which creates…

Alzheimer found many amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in her brain upon investigation (“Alzheimer’s Disease Fact Sheet”). Currently, Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, and it accounts for 60-80 percent of dementia cases. There is a current belief that damage to…

For thousands of years Cannabis Sativa has been used medically throughout the world. The legalization of medical marijuana has been a very controversial topic in the United States. In the year 1970 the United States government classified marijuana as a Schedule 1 substance that has no medical value. Even though marijuana has been considered illegal since the 1970s it is the most widely used illicit recreational drug. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana. In…

Often times dementia is thought to be an interchangeable term for Alzheimer’s disease. However, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are two similar yet different terminologies that should not be used in exchange for the other. Dementia is a broad term that is frequently used to describe people with underlying brain disorders who experience memory, communication and cognitive deficits. Neurodegenerative disease is usually the underlying factor that causes dementia. People who have dementia are…

Imagine forgetting where you placed things, what the date is, where you are at, or even what your own name is; that is a daily problem that people living with Alzheimer’s disease experience. I chose to learn more about this disease due to the many people I have grown to love and had to see deal with this disease in their later years of life. Also, I have volunteered at SpiritTrust Lutheran Retirement Community for several weeks each summer for the past three or four years and working with some…

by underlying brain changes”. Dementia is the characteristic clinical manifestation of disease. The definition of AD revolves around the assumption that an individual with an amnestic dementia would have Alzheimer’s related brain changes, namely amyloid plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles, found at autopsy. Conversely, individuals without amnestic dementia would not found plaques or tangles at autopsy. This definition of Alzheimer’s intertwines the signs and symptoms of dementia and the…