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Caption: A ring of amyloid is visible in the wall of an arteriole in the brain of a patient who had Alzheimer's disease. The tissue has been stained with Thioflavin S so that the amyloid fluoresces in yellow.
Credit: James M. Powers, M.D., University of Rochester Medical Center.
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