One sign of this disease is paired helical filaments formed from tau protein.
One sign of this disease is paired helical filaments formed from tau protein. One explanation for this disease attributes it to reduced synthesis of acetylcholine (uh-SEE-tul-KO-leen). The frequent development of this disease by age forty among those with Down syndrome lends credence to a hypothesis that it stems from a precursor protein coded for on chromosome twenty-one. That hypothesis attributes this disease to the (*) buildup of amyloid (AA-mill-oid) beta plaques. For 10 points, name this common form of dementia, which causes confusion and memory loss.
One sign of this disease is paired helical filaments formed from tau protein.
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