Sentences with phrase «amount of amyloid plaque»

The actual process of vascular aging may predispose a person's brain to the increased amount of amyloid plaque buildup.

«Two individuals may harbor similar amounts of amyloid plaques and tau tangles in their brains, but one may be completely healthy while the other may have severe memory loss and dementia,» he says.

Not exact matches

The results showed that amyloid plaque levels in the posterior cingulate cortex were related to the amount of white matter damage, suggesting that injury to the brain's wiring may be linked to the formation of amyloid plaques.

They found no difference in the number of plaques or the total amount of amyloid beta between the mice that received the compound and those given just saltwater.

The drug also appeared to reduce the amount of the protein amyloid beta (which forms toxic plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's patients) by decreasing the levels of metals such as zinc and copper.

The amount of beta - amyloid proteins, which make up the characteristic Alzheimer's plaques, was also much lower in the brains of the mice on the low - calorie diet.

The test measures the relative amounts of different forms of beta - amyloid in blood to see whether plaques are likely to be building in the brain.

Some studies suggest that Alzheimer's patients have an abnormally high amount of aluminum in the amyloid protein plaques that characterize the disease, although the exact connection remains unclear.