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Neurodegenerative Disease

Diseases involving progressive loss of neurons, such as Alzheimer's.

Almanac Tangles in a 51-Year-Old's Brain
  • What symptoms did Auguste Deter show that puzzled her physician?
  • How did the audience react when Alzheimer first presented his findings to fellow psychiatrists?
  • Who named the disease after Alzheimer, and when?
Almanac Graph Paper Draped Over the World
  • Why does damage to the hippocampus so severely impair a person's ability to navigate?
  • Why is loss of navigational ability often one of the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's disease?
Almanac One Gene Switch, Two Diseases Unified
  • What is the C9orf72 repeat expansion, and why does it link ALS and frontotemporal dementia?
  • Why were ALS and frontotemporal dementia previously considered unrelated diseases before this discovery?