For 10 points, name this most common form of dementia, named for a German psychiatrist.
The E4 allele of the ApoE gene is the largest genetic risk factor for this disease. According to one theory it is caused by abnormalities in tau proteins. Another theory states it is caused by beta amyloid deposits which would relate this disease to (*) prion related disorders like Creutzfeld-Jakob disease. Another hypothesis states that it is caused by decreased production of acetylcholine. Patients of this disease exhibit plagues and tangles in their brains along with a loss of long term memory. For 10 points, name this most common form of dementia, named for a German psychiatrist.
The E4 allele of the ApoE gene is the largest genetic risk factor for this disease.
{Alzheimer’s} disease [prompt on {AD}; prompt on {dementia}]