The history of Alzheimer's disease cannot be dissociated from that of the concept of dementia, as well as from the life and work of Alois Alzheimer. In his seminal paper, in 1907, Alzheimer thought to...
Senile plaques (SP) and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) were found in 38 (74.5%) of 51 unselected brains of nondemented patients who died between the ages of 55 and 64 years. A high proportion (22, or 4...
The database of the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) is a seminal work in the field of cognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease. This 24-center study of 1,094 pa...