People with Alzheimer's have an abnormal deposit of beta amyloid. A combination of this protein and destroyed nerve cells causes plaque. Tangles of nerve fibers are then formed. The elimination of nerve cell connection damages pathways to the brain. These pathways are essential for thinking, learning, and memory.

Nobody exactly knows what causes Alzheimer's disease. Understanding the disease's factors can help us to learn more about what causes it. The factors that are being investigated now, are the following:

· Genetic factors involved in the disease

· Problems with reasoning and thinking

· An average person with Alzheimer's will live eight years after being diagnosed, and as many as twenty years or more

· A neurological examination, this is done by performing an MRI that tests the brain for other neurological problems in the nervous system

· The effects of inflammation and oxidative stress

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