Monday, September 12, 2011

High cholesterol linked to Alzheimer's

The autopsies looked for plaques and tangles in the brain, both known to be trademark signs of Alzheimer's disease. Plaques are an accumulation of a form of the protein amyloid, which occurs between nerve cells. Tangles are an accumulation of a different protein, called tau, which occurs inside nerve cells.http://ummid.com/news/2011/September/13.09.2011/high_cholestrol.htm