Is There Cure For Alzheimer Disease?
People with Alzheimer Disease (AD) may first notice that they forget things. While healthy people may forget name or where they put their keys, people with AD may forget who their family members are or how to use their keys. Sufferers often lose things or put them in strange places. They also have trouble doing tasks they used to do easily, they may lose the desire to do anything. They may ask the same questions over and over. This is because they do not remember asking the question just minutes before. Before we understand the cause of Alzheimer Disease, we must first know how the human brain works. Inside the brain are billions of nerve cells. Each nerve cell has a cell body and wirelike threads, like railroad tracks. The nerve cells carry signals to and from the brain along the wirelike threads. They also contain proteins which help the cells to grow. Signals pass from one nerve cell to the next with the help of chemical produced in the brain, called acetylcholine. In AD patients so
