beta-amyloid plaques (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

beta-amyloid plaques

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This illustration shows the two main forms of disruptive protein clumps seen in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease: beta-amyloid plaques (seen in brown) that collect between neurons and disrupt cell function, and tau protein tangles (seen in blue) that build up within neurons, harming synaptic activity.

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National Institute on Aging, NIH

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