Drew's+Alzheimers+wiki

Alzheimers disiese is a disorder that causes the loss of brain function and dementia. The parts of the brain it affects are the parts that deal with memory, thought, and language. A person with Alzheimers has abnormal clumps of celluar and collapsed microtubules. The most common form of alzhemiers affects the person at age 65 is linked to the apolipoprotein E (also called apoE) gene on chromosome 19. Inheritance: Each child can get one of two combinations of genes associated with alzheimers. They can get a normal copy of the gene or a defected copy. The normal one protects against alzheimers. The defected one causes it.