Article
Marking the markers of Alzheimer's: too good to diagnose, too bad to use?
Neuropsychopharmacologia Hungarica : a Magyar Pszichofarmakologiai Egyesulet lapja = official journal of the Hungarian Association of Psychopharmacology - 1 Sept 2012
Olah Zita, Pakaski Magdolna, Janka Zoltan, Kalman Janos
Abstract excerpt
One of the most important neurodegenerative diseases of our time is Alzheimer's disease, which mainly affects the elderly population. The accumulation of β-amyloid and tau protein in the brain tissue is the most characteristic pathomechanical event of the disease, later causing neuronal cell death. Setting up an accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease has essentially changed recently, since besides psychometry,...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Alzheimer Disease
- Amyloid beta-Peptides
- Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
- Biomarkers
- Brain
- Cognitive Dysfunction
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Humans
- Memory Disorders
