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1/5 "The analysis revealed that older, #cognitively #healthy #brains showed similar amounts of #dissolvable, #non-#fibrillar #amyloid #protein as #brains of #Alzheimer’s #patients."
#aβ #Aβ #fibrils
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#aβ #Aβ #fibrils
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2/5 "But, as the researchers expected, the brains of #Alzheimer’s patients had higher amounts of #insoluble #Aβ #fibrils, the form of #amyloid #protein that aggregates to form the telltale “#plaques” seen in the #disease,..."
3/5 "... higher levels of #fibrillary #amyloid appear to be a better indicator of #poorer #brain #health."
