Alzheimers:Toll of Beta-Amyloid And Tau Tangles
- 12 years ago
Alzheimers
Is the accumulation of amyloid-beta plaque deposits and protein tau tangles in the brain. It kills over 75,000 people in the U.S. each year.
As many as 13.2 million people will have the disease in the U.S. by 2050. A D inflicts the worst kind of devastation, with the loss of bodily functions, ultimately leading to death.
An adult brain has 100 billion nerve cells, or neurons with extensions connected at 100 trillion points called synapses, where information flows.
In A D, information transfer at synapses begins to fail as their number declines.
An estimated 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimers disease.
Most are elderly. One in eight people over 65 have the disease.
The annual cost to the nation is $183 billion.
The non-economic cost of A D care to family members can't be tolled.
As the mean age of the worlds population increased, dementia has also increased. Its estimated that over 24 million people live with a form of dementia today. With 4.6 million new case
Is the accumulation of amyloid-beta plaque deposits and protein tau tangles in the brain. It kills over 75,000 people in the U.S. each year.
As many as 13.2 million people will have the disease in the U.S. by 2050. A D inflicts the worst kind of devastation, with the loss of bodily functions, ultimately leading to death.
An adult brain has 100 billion nerve cells, or neurons with extensions connected at 100 trillion points called synapses, where information flows.
In A D, information transfer at synapses begins to fail as their number declines.
An estimated 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimers disease.
Most are elderly. One in eight people over 65 have the disease.
The annual cost to the nation is $183 billion.
The non-economic cost of A D care to family members can't be tolled.
As the mean age of the worlds population increased, dementia has also increased. Its estimated that over 24 million people live with a form of dementia today. With 4.6 million new case