What Is Alzheimer's Disease?
3. What Triggers the Changes in the Brain That Lead to Alzheimer’s Disease?
Researchers are investigating the biological triggers that may be responsible for the protein deposits in the brain to begin developing. One of the current trends in the research is to study the conditions affecting the brain in the preclinical years before the disease’s symptoms are actually displayed.
There may be certain age-related changes that take place in the brain that encourage the deposits to form. Other factors could also contribute to the damage caused by the disease. These include inflammation, shrinking of the brain, obesity, vascular damage and unstable molecules called free radicals.
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