Sentences with phrase «signs of all amyloid proteins»
The clinic routinely looks for signs of all amyloid proteins in these brains to distinguish prion disease from other conditions.
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Out of all the research participants, 139 showed no sign of amyloid proteins associated with preclinical Alzheimer's.
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The brains of people with Alzheimer's show several signs of the disease: plaques made of a protein called amyloid - β, tangles of a protein called tau and the loss of neurons.
Scientists have long considered clumps of amyloid plaques — sticky, barnacle - like protein bundles — to be the first sign of Alzheimer's.
Spinal fluid analyses and positron emission tomography (PET) scans can detect a key warning sign — buildup of amyloid - beta protein in the brain.
Two participants had remarkably clean brains with few signs of amyloid - beta plaques and tangles of tau protein.
The accumulation of the protein amyloid beta in the brain is a sign of Alzheimer's disease.
Interestingly, most of the people showing the amyloid deposits in their brains did not also have the other hallmark sign of Alzheimer's, the fibrous tangles of the tau protein.