Health condition

Alzheimer Disease

What is Alzheimer Disease?

A degenerative disease of the BRAIN characterized by the insidious onset of DEMENTIA. Impairment of MEMORY, judgment, attention span, and problem solving skills are followed by severe APRAXIAS and a global loss of cognitive abilities. The condition primarily occurs after age 60, and is marked pathologically by severe cortical atrophy and the triad of SENILE PLAQUES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; and NEUROPIL THREADS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1049-57)

Biomedical terminology and classification based on Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).

Research evidence

This condition is included in the encyclopedia, but no sufficiently linked research records are currently available in the local evidence database.

Most studied probiotic strains

Probiotic effects can be strain-specific. The organisms below are ranked using publications currently linked to this condition.

No specific probiotic strains are currently linked to this condition in the evidence database.

Key research

No highly relevant research articles are currently available for this condition in the local evidence database.

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