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What happens to the brain in Alzheimer's disease? | Amyloid & Tau explained

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Have you ever wondered what happens to the brain in Alzheimer's disease? Or how Alzheimer's disease was discovered? In this video, I talk about Alois Alzheimer who discovered Alzheimer's disease and identified the two hallmarks of the disease: amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.

Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
0:07 Auguste Deter - History of Alzheimer's
1:15 What is a neurodegenerative disease?
1:36 What happens to the brain in Alzheimer's? (Amyloid)
2:11 What happens to the brain in Alzheimer's? (Tau)
2:56 Auguste Deter - History of Alzheimer's
3:43 Early-onset vs. Late-onset Alzheimer's
3:58 Take-home message
4:26 The end

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