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This 4 page paper discusses Alzheimer’s Disease: what it is, what causes it, and the risk factors for developing it. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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risk factors for developing the condition. Discussion Among the research being done on Alzheimers Disease, a possible connection has been found between "brain areas active during daydreaming in young, healthy
people and the brain areas damaged in Alzheimers patients" (Seppa, 2006, p. 3). Work done in the field indicates that "brain areas switched on during daydreaming in young, healthy adults
are largely the same spots found to be damaged in Alzheimers patients" (Seppa, 2006, p. 3). Although it is probably that Alzheimers risk is influenced by other factors, including environmental
pressures and genetics (Seppa, 2006, p. 3). This connection is important, because if researchers can establish it conclusively, it is possible this will open the way "for drug treatments
that lessen" the stimulation in the area that are active in daydreams (Seppa, 2006, p. 3). Another risk factor that has been identified is diabetes, because the damage done by
the diabetes disease can be a "major cause of dementia in patients with diabetes" (Lawrence, 2003, p. 2213). However, there may be another risk for Alzheimers also connected to diabetes:
insulin (Lawrence, 2003). Studies have shown that insulin can affect b-amyloid (Ab) concentrations "in in-vitro studies"; now researchers are trying to see if insulin "could affect Ab concentrations in human
beings," leading to Alzheimers (Lawrence, 2003). What is Alzheimers? Alzheimers is a "degenerative brain disorder that results in memory loss, impaired thinking, difficulty finding the right word when speaking, and
personality changes" (What is Alzheimers disease?, 2007). The disease course typically features a continuous loss of nerve cells in those parts of the brain that are necessary for memory and
other functions (What is Alzheimers disease?, 2007). The production of brain chemicals (known as neurotransmitters) that carry messages among the millions of brain cells decreases as well (What is Alzheimers
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