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Alzheimer’s Dementia: Diagnosis. autopsy Plaques and tangles in neurons Not detectable on fMRI Show up as neural death. Alzheimer’s. Control. Functional brain scan. Alzheimer’s D ementia. Control. Alzheimer’s Disease: Superimposed brain scans 11 months apart.
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Alzheimer’s Dementia: Diagnosis • autopsy • Plaques and tangles in neurons • Not detectable on fMRI • Show up as neural death Alzheimer’s Control
Functional brain scan Alzheimer’s Dementia Control
Alzheimer’s Disease:Superimposed brain scans 11 months apart
Brain Scan of an individual with vascular dementia.The arrows point to small areas of vascular damage called “infarcts”
Brain activity in two individuals with dementia Frontotemporal Dementia Alzheimer’s Dementia