The Lifespan of Alzheimer Disease
Abstract Alzheimer Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects about 5.8 million people today, and is expected to grow to 13.8 million in 2050.[1] AD is a disorder that begins on the biochemical level with neurofibrillary tangles and β-amyloid plaques.[2] As the biochemical pathology accumulates throughout different regions of the brain, from the …