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1. Alzheimer's disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

   In the brain of someone with Alzheimer's disease, amyloid plaques form and tau proteins change shape and become tangles. The exact causes of Alzheimer's disease ...

2. Alzheimer's disease - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

   Newer imaging tests can help detect specific brain changes caused by Alzheimer's disease, such as amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. These newer tests ...

3. Young-onset Alzheimer's: When symptoms begin before age 65 - Mayo Clinic

   Young-onset Alzheimer's disease is a rare form of dementia that presents unique challenges. Learn more about causes, diagnosis and how to cope.

4. Alzheimer's and dementia: What's the difference? - Mayo Clinic

   Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Huntington's disease; Mixed dementia. While dementia is a general term, Alzheimer's disease is a specific brain disease. It is marked ...

5. How Alzheimer's is diagnosed - Mayo Clinic

   To diagnose Alzheimer's dementia, healthcare professionals conduct tests to measure memory impairment and other thinking skills. They also judge functional ...

6. Mayo Clinic Minute: Reducing risk of Alzheimer's disease in families

   Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurologic disorder that causes memory loss and other cognitive decline due to brain cell degeneration.

7. Alzheimer's disease - Care at Mayo Clinic

   Mayo Clinic experts from many disciplines, including neurology, neuroscience, psychology and psychiatry, collaborate to provide you with the best Alzheimer's ...

8. Mayo Clinic scientists create tool to predict Alzheimer's risk years before symptoms begin

   Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new tool that can estimate a person's risk of developing memory and thinking problems associated with Alzheimer's ...

9. About Alzheimer's disease and dementia - Alzheimer's Disease Research Center - Mayo Clinic Research

   This is why the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Mayo Clinic works hard to learn more about aging-related diseases that affect memory. Dementia is not one ...

10. Alzheimer's stages: How the disease progresses - Mayo Clinic

    Preclinical Alzheimer's disease. · Mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease. · Mild dementia due to Alzheimer's disease. · Moderate dementia due to ...