Cerebral cortex

temporal lobe

Alzheimer disease
see main article Alzheimers

May orginate from amyloid-beta (Abeta) oligomers:

http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=23093&st=80&gopid=404032&#entry404032

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100427111257.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12702875

Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer’s http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/health/research/13alzheimer.html?_r=1

New Study May Have Found a Way to Reverse Alzheimer’s Symptoms Within Minute (through reduction of elevated TNF, the authors gave patients an injection of an anti-TNF therapeutic called etanercept.) http://carestation.agis.com/2008/01/14/new-study-may-have-found-a-way-to-reverse-alzheimers-symptoms-within-minutes

Can Alzheimer's Disease Be Prevented? Study of risk factors:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100614092525.htm

Optical Scientists, Psychiatrists Develop Minimally Invasive Eye Test for Alzheimer's

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2005/1210-detecting_alzheimers_early.htm

Optical Scientists, Psychiatrists Develop Minimally Invasive Eye Test for Alzheimer's http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2005/1210-detecting_alzheimers_early.htm

Possible therapies

Coconut oil:

http://www.coconutdiet.com/alzheimers.htm

Novel Hormone Replacement

New Study Published in JAMA Supports Neurotez Plans for the Development of Leptin as a Therapy for AD.

Infection Defense May Spur Alzheimer’s

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/health/09alzh.html

AB is actually part of the innate immune system.

Are Senile Plaques, the Characteristic Pathological Markers of Alzheimer’s Disease, Really Spherulites? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100610104726.htm