[Histopathology of Alzheimer's disease].
On one hand the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) always remains unknown, on the other hand, the associated lesions are described in a precise way. Two types of lesions are visible on patients' brains affected by AD, associated with a neuronal and synaptic loss: amyloid plaques and the neurofibrillar degeneration. Alzheimer's disease is a pathology putting even at the moment multiple questioning as for its etiopathogeny, which results credibly from several processes.
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Laboratoire d'histologie et cytogénétique, hôpital de la Mère et de l'Enfant, 8, avenue Dominique-Larrey, 87042 Limoges cedex, France. catherine.yardin@unilim.fr
D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D016874:Neurofibrillary Tangles / Q000473:pathology